when distilling organic volatile liquids, it is a good idea to use a hot plate , and not a Bunsen burner. Why
when distilling organic volatile liquids, it is a good idea to use a hot
plate , and not a Bunsen burner. Why
I think a hot plate is safer..with a Bunsen burner you have an
''open flame'' that can ignite fumes from a volatile liquid.
A hot plate is safer in that you can use much lower heat over a longer
period of time & still accomplish the distilling since organic volatile
liquids have a low boiling & igniting point. Think of Isopropyl
Alcohol.it evaporates in room temp. If you heated it on a Bunsen burner you'd be in trouble. Even a hot plate would have risk. Chemistry can be very dangerous if you don't know what you are doing.
hotplates are electrically heated elements & rise to the
temperatures set by the user on the surface of the plate
bunsen burners on the other hand are a flame & the amount of heat added is
regulated by the gas flow
Flames are way higher temperature than the hotplate surface & so (if you remember ur fire triangle) can be used as an ignition source for the hot volatile vapours coming off when distilling. In essence its a safety feature - remove the ignition source & you remove the potential for ignition
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