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Separating funnel & drying agents

Separating Funnel

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Practise using a separatory funnel, including how to properly measure and add the appropriate volume of liquid, how to adjust the stopcock, and how to properly pour the liquid from the funnel.

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Learning outcomes

  • Familiarise yourself with the basic principles of separating funnel
  • Understand how to safely and effectively use a separating funnel
  • Learn how to invert, shake, vent and collect desired solvent layer
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Skills

Using Instruments and Equipment

  • How to use a separating funnel to extract a product from one solvent to another 
  • How to carefully operate the tap to release only the lower solvent layer

Working in a Safe Manner

  • Why the separating funnel must be stoppered prior to inverting 
  • How to tilt the funnel to safely shake the contents
  • Why and how the separating funnel should be vented after shaking 

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Separating funnel & drying agents

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