Identification of Unknown Petroleum Hydrocarbon (1)

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0Glaster Lab 12 Identification of Unknown Petroleum Hydrocarbon By: Courtney Glaster Lab Partner: Ilene Ferman
1Glaster Purpose: In this lab, we are each given an unknown petroleum hydrocarbon. With this unknown, we are to do 4 separate tests to determine its identity. In the first test, we determine the unknown boiling point. To do this we set up a simple boiling apparatus consisting of a thermometer, a test tube, a capillary tube, and a beaker with water. In the second test, we ran a refractive index test using a refractometer. In test three we measure out specified measurements of the unknown into two separate vials determining the unknown density. Now in the last test, we carefully prepared an NMR tube and ran it through a machine assisted by a teacher to get a graph. Background: What are petroleum hydrocarbons? A hydrocarbon on its own is defined as an organic compound that consists of only carbon and hydrogen atoms. A petroleum hydrocarbon on the other hand is created when a “pure” hydrocarbon is contaminated with impurities. In this age, petroleum hydrocarbons range from combustion engines to natural gas used in everyday cooking. Table 1: List of Possible Hydrocarbons
2Glaster Unknowns Octan e Numb er Boiling Point ( 0 C) Refractive index at 20 0 C Density (g/mL at 20 0 C) Cyclohexane 77 81 1.4266 0.779 Cyclopentane 83 49 1.4065 0.746 Hexane 26 69 1.3749 0.659 Heptane 0 98 1.3877 0.684 2,3-dimethylbutane 95 58 1.3750 0.662 Methylcyclohexane 71 101 1.4231 0.769 Methylcyclopentane 82 72 1.4097 0.749 3-methylpentane 75 63 1.3765 0.664 2,2,4- trimethylpentane 100 99 1.3915 0.692 Unknown # 5 Boiling Point: My partner Ilene took care of this part herself. Doing so as she was instructed, she filled our given test tube with a few millimeters of our unknown (just enough to cover the bulb of the thermometer). Setting aside the thermometer I myself went to get the beaker and fill it with water, about ¾ the way full. Setting it on the hot plate she turned the heat up to about a three heating the water slowly. Grabbing the test tube she clamped it into place lowering it into the water until the liquid level in the test tube was just below the water level. To the test tube, the placed a capillary tube open end downwards into the unknown. For the last step, she lowered the thermometer into the test tube until the bulb was completely inside the unknown.
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