A bottle of NaCl reagent kept in a school lab stockroom was inadvertently contaminated with naphthalene from moth balls used to keep away cockroaches. Since its use is limited to general school purposes the chemical can still be salvaged. Propose a method to remove the naphthalene particles. Justify your answer. Show the laboratory set-up for the purification process using the basic glasswares in general chemistry.

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A bottle of NaCl reagent kept in a school lab
stockroom was inadvertently contaminated with
naphthalene from moth balls used to keep away
cockroaches. Since its use is limited to general
school purposes the chemical can still be salvaged.
Propose a method to remove the naphthalene
particles. Justify your answer. Show the laboratory
set-up for the purification process using the basic
glasswares in general chemistry.
Transcribed Image Text:A bottle of NaCl reagent kept in a school lab stockroom was inadvertently contaminated with naphthalene from moth balls used to keep away cockroaches. Since its use is limited to general school purposes the chemical can still be salvaged. Propose a method to remove the naphthalene particles. Justify your answer. Show the laboratory set-up for the purification process using the basic glasswares in general chemistry.
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