A student prepared a BUchner funnel apparatus using the fight size filter paper, rinsed the filter paper with water and next piured in a hexane solution with crystals of product he synthesized during the lab, Criticize this technique (note the compound of interest we try to extract is acetanilide.)
2006-10-12 08:50:33 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
The big mistake was rinsing with water and then pouring a solution in hexane through it. If the solution is in hexane, the filter should have been rinsed with hexane. Also, I am guessing that acetanilide is water soluble so it would dissolve in the water and not be collecting in the filter.
2006-10-12 08:54:41 · answer #1 · answered by xox_bass_player_xox 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he should have rinsed the filter paper with hexane instead of water
2006-10-12 15:54:40 · answer #2 · answered by ysu guy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋