Jove Lab Chem

Lab 53: Recrystallization — Materials List

Preparation for 10 Students

• Lab stand
  5
• 3-prong clamp
  5
• Stirring hotplate
  5
• Flask tongs
  5
• Vacuum pump or house vacuum wih tubing
  5
• 125- or 250-mL glass filter flask
  5
• Büchner funnel
  10
• Filter adapter
  5
• 600-mL glass beaker
  10
• 250-mL glass beaker
  5
• 5- or 10-mL glass graduated cylinder
  10
• 10-mL glass graduated cylinder
  5
• 125-mL Erlenmeyer flask
  10
• 25-mL Erlenmeyer flask
  5
• Glass stirring rod
  10
• Medium stir bar
  5
• Metal tweezers
  5
• Pasteur pipette bulb
  10
• Melting point capillary tube
  20
• Glass funnel with small stem
  5
• Boiling chips
  10
• 50-mL glass beaker
  5
• Acetanilide (99% purity)
  20 mg
• Acetanilide (>99% purity)
  20 mg
• trans-cinnamic acid (98% purity)
  20 mg
• trans-cinnamic acid (>99% purity)
  20 mg
• Ethanol, absolute
  100 mL
• 50-mL glass bottle with solvent-resistant cap
  1
• 50-mL glass graduated cylinder
  1
• Glass funnel
  1
• Pasteur pipettes
  Dependent on lab size
• 70-mm filter paper
  1 box
• 110-mm filter paper
  1 box
• Analytical balance (at least 1)
  Dependent on lab size
• Weighing boats
  Dependent on lab size
• Spatulas
  Dependent on lab size
• Melting point analyzer (at least 1)
  Dependent on lab size
• Deionized water
  Dependent on lab size
• Crushed ice
  Dependent on lab size
• Ice container
  Dependent on lab size
• Ice scoop (minimum 1)
  Dependent on lab size
• Lab wipes
  Dependent on lab size