Industrial methods are more reliable than laboratory methods because they have more precise
technologies which are used, and machinery allows more control of the intakes of the
measurements. However, even industrials don’t give out 100% yield outcome for ethyl ethanoate.
Computer errors can occur, which will affect the process of the production, which will lead to
impurities during the process
Reflux: decreases
Distillation: decreases
These both increase the purity but my taking the impurities out the mass decreases.
Analyse whether boiling point measurement and infrared spectroscopy are effective ways to
assess whether ethyl ethanoate is pure and comment on the reliability of the test methods used
BOILING POINT INFARED SPECTROSCOPY
MEASURMENTS
Definition All chemicals have different This allows the ester to flow
physical properties which can through the machine in a
be analysed through boiling continuous flow process. The
point to measure its purity. If it spectrum is then obtained
has the same boiling point as periodically, and a pure stored
published data, its purity is spectrum of an ester is
much higher, if its boiling point brought, and it will subtract it
is lower than the published from the spectrum of the ethyl
data, there may be some spectrum. This will only leave
impurities or errors during the the impure spectrum which
process. If there are impurities will be compared with the
present it will lower the database of impurities, then
melting point and the boiling the industrial companies can
point will change. Other find out which impurity is
measurements can be done identified in the ethyl
such as analytical methods by ethanoate solution. T
using infrared spectroscopy by
taking a sample of the ethyl
ethanoate solution and placing
it inside the infrared spectrum.
The spectrum will then be
compared to the spectrum of a
pure ester, and any
extraneous peaks in the
spectrum will show that the
solution contains impurities.
However, if the peaks were
like a known impurity, then
they would use the intensities
to measure the purity of the
ethyl ethanoate.
Advantages We can compare our boiling This is efficient as it allows us
point to the pure boiling point to find out what impurity is in
to see if our solution is impure. the solution and we can then