Homework Help: chemistry

Posted by ben on Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 9:14pm.

Im doing my lab report about steam distillation?
and its asking me how i can tell if the two compounds i steam distilled are pure. but im not sure how to tell? i mean is the volatile or the nonvolatile compound the pure compound? or maybe the boiling point is what tells me if its pure? please help!

chemistry - DrBob222, Friday, February 18, 2011 at 1:28am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_distillation
chemistry - ben, Friday, February 18, 2011 at 5:44pm
thanks, but didnt really find the answer to my question...
chemistry - Nate, Friday, March 4, 2011 at 10:50am
You could definately check the boiling points to see if they are pure but that would kind of defeat the purpose of steam distillation. What compounds are you working with? Could you do some other test?

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