Boiling Points - Distillations Ethylene glycol, HOCH2CH2OH, boils at 198oC and melts at -13o C. What happens to the melting point of water if you add antifreeze? Melting point goes down. Add Antifreeze What happens to the boiling point of water if you add antifreeze? The boiling point goes up. Mixtures Solids Usually melt low Liquids Usually boil between the two components Vapor pressure of water vs. temperature Solution boils when the vapor pressure = applied pressure Add Salt If you add salt, NaCl, to water what happens to the melting point? Impurities depress the melting point so it goes down. Salt Boiling Point If you add salt, NaCl, to water what happens to the boiling point? The boiling point goes up. Raoult’s Law P= Observed Pressure o P *N Mole Fraction Pure Substance Two Volatile Liquids O CH3 C Acetone b.p = 56 o CH3 Benzene b.p. = 80 o Two Volatile Liquids Pa = Poa * Na Pb = o P b * Nb Mixture boils when Pa + Pb = Papplied Boiling point vs. mole fraction Plot of boiling point vs. mole fraction for a mixture of acetone and benzene. Boiling point vs. mole fraction Boiling point vs. mole fraction Boiling point of an acetone-benzene mixture with a mole fraction benzene of 0.50 What is the composition of the vapor? Vapor richer in the lower boiling component Fractional Distillation Fractional Distillation Packed Column HETP = 1.5 cm Vigreux Column HETP = 10 cm Which column has the greater holdup? Packed because it has the larger surface area. Separations Which column would you use to separate a mixture of pentane, b.p. 36o and octane, b.p. 99o? Vigreux Separations Which column would you use to separate a mixture of methyl alcohol, b.p. 65o and water, b.p. 100o ? Packed Experiment Separate mixture of methanol and water. Plot volume distilled vs. temperature. CH3OH methyl alcohol methanol b.p. = 64.7 o H2O water b.p. = 100 o Setup CH3OH Methyl alcohol is toxic! Standard Taper Joints 14/20 14 mm 20 mm Grease joints to prevent sticking. Thermowell Plug the thermowell into the variable transformer Put boiling chips in bottom of flask Boiling Chips Distilling Column Thermometer Adapter Digital Thermometer Probe for digital thermometer Digital Thermometer Water out Water in Clamps IDEAL MIXTURES: Same interactions between like and unlike molecules NONIDEAL MIXTURES: A. Strong attractions between like molecules B. Strong attractions between unlike molecules Ethanol - Benzene Minimum - boiling azeotrope Min Azeotrope Acetone - Chloroform Maximum-boiling azeotrope Max Azeotrope Simple Distillation