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Simple Distillation Of Toluene And Ethyl En

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For the first part of the experiment the fractionating column was set up and a 25-mL sample of toluene and ethyl acetate was prepared and placed into a round beaker. The Bunsen burner was turned on and the mixture was heated to a boil. The vapor from the boiling mixture condensed in the condenser and was collected in a 50-ml graduated cylinder. As the first drop of substance was collected the temperature at that instant was recorded and corresponded with the first 1-mL of substance collected. For volumes 1-mL through 5-mL the amount was estimated as the substance filled the graduated cylinder. The mixture was heated until the graduated cylinder was filled up to 15-mL. For the second part of the experiment simple distillation was used. The process

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