Simple and Fractional Distillation Experiment
Distillation
By: Tim Dimond
Introduction/Purpose
The purpose of this lab was to purify an unknown mixture of acetone/water by both fractional and simple
distillation. This process is a viable method for separation of these two liquids because of the large
separation in their boiling points.
Material
-Water and acetone mixture
Equipment
– A setup for fractional distillation and simple distillation
-100 mL round bottom flask
-Volume measuring equipment
-Heating equipment
Procedure
Obtain 70 mL of the acetone/water solution in a round bottom flask with several boiling chips. Perform a
fractional distillation, recording the temperature with every 5 mL of distillate. Record the weight of the
acetone, water, and remaining fractions. Do the same procedure again, but with a simple distillation set up
without a column condenser.
Table of Constants
Results and Observations
Boiling point of acetone component = ~60 OC based on results
Boiling point of water component = ~ 100 OC based on results
Fractional Distillation
Mixture Weight= 64.68 g
Fraction 1 – 26.17 g, 36 mL
Fraction 2 – 10.01 g, 10.5 mL
Leftover in round bottom flask – 19.98g, 20 mL
DensityFD= 0.727 g/mL
%Acetone= 127%
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