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Introduction
This procedure can be repeated over and over again and is called recrystallisation though
some material is lost every time you repeat the process.
Crystals look very nice both with the naked eye or looking through a microscope. That is
because the particles that form the crystals are aligned (as gymnasts and soldiers do) in
regular though different patterns.
Aims
Pieces of Apparatus
Funnel, iron ring, retort stand, 50 or 100 ml beaker, 250 ml beaker (ice/water bath), stirring
rod, Bunsen burner, tripod, wire gauze, pipette with dispenser, filter paper, watch glass, and
a laboratory scale.
Procedure
Introduction
Aims
Pieces of Apparatus
Beaker (250 or 300 ml), chromatography paper, glass rod, stapler or clips, pencil, ruler,
felt-tip colours.
Procedure
2- At 1 cm from the edge and on the pencil line, make a dot with one of the markers
chosen. Make a second and a third dot with other markers all of them separated by
a distance of about 1 cm. Blacks, browns and violets are most adequate for
observing separations because they are usually mixtures.
3- Make a loop at the other end of the paper and staple it so that you can push a glass
rod or a pencil through it. (See Figure 3 below). Be sure that the “looped” strip is
long enough to dip into the solvent.
4- Put a little solvent (5 or 10 % sodium chloride solution) in a beaker and hang the
paper as shown in the diagram. It should dip in the liquid.
a- Take care that the liquid does not reach the spots
b- By no means let the paper touch the walls of the beaker
c- Be sure that the paper is perfectly at right angles to the solvent or the
experiment will be spoiled
6- Let the solvent climb up until it reaches near the top of the paper. Then remove and
let it dry.