SIMPLE DISTILLATION

a.) color of distillate : colorless b.) odor of destillate: strong mell op beer 1. Based on the results of your ignition test, which fration has the: a.) higkest ethanol content? Ist fraction b.) lowest ethand content? sth fraction. 2. What is the observed boling point of etwand: 785C86C 3. Give the literature boiling point of ethanol: 75C 4. What is/are the component/s of the distillate collected at 79C98 rarge? 5. From your vesults, is imple aistillation effective in separating ethanol prom its agueons mixture? (yes / no) Why? 6. If the water inlet and water outlet are intverconverted in the distilation set-up. will the distillation be cil tipetive? Why? 7) Why is it dangenous to distill: (a.) an organic compound in an ascembly that is tightly dosed at every point and has no veit or opening to the atrosphere? (b) Low-boiling liquid eg. been? vaing a bursen bumer? 8.) Why should the distilling plask be pilled to not more than 2/3 full? a.) Graph the mixture (y-ayis) verous the voluint af axtilate (y-arix). we the attached graphing paper (at the back