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Color Dye And Ethanol: Distillation Of Di

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The Distillation of Color Dye and Ethanol Using a Hand Boiler

Objectives of this experiment included determining whether ethanol can be separated by distillation leaving a concentrated dye powder behind, driven by the heat of your hand and learning the process of distillation from the hand boiler.

The procedure of this experiment started out by taking a hand boiler and beginning to warm up the bottom bulb with your hands, trying your best to transfer as much of the colored ethanol solution into the larger bulb as possible. After, with the boiler inverted, place the smaller bulb into a cup of ice water and let it sit for 10 – 20 minutes, allowing distillation to occur.

My observations in this experiment included the different colors of

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