Ethanol: A Piece of cake

Materials

Fermentation

 

Distillation

Acid Hydrolysis

Test for Ethanol

1. 4 flasks

2. Active dry yeast

3. Instant yeast

4. Oven heated at 40°C

5. Mashed Jatropha cake

6. 4  flask stoppers (with holes on top)

7. Water

 

1. Distillation beaker

2. 3 rubber tubes (to connect to the beaker)

3. Erlenmeyer flask

4. Large Erlenmeyer flask with spout

5. Hot plate

6. Water

7. Solution

8. Filter

 

1. 2 Flasks

2. Scale

3. Jatropha cake, well grinded

4. Jatropha cake, washed and dried

5. Bunsen burner

6. Thermometer

7. Filter

8. H2SO4, solution

9. CaO, solution

10.  Instant yeast

 

1. 7 Beakers

2. Droppers

3. Acid Hydrolysis solutions

4. Ethanol solutions

5. Iodine

6. NaOH