A Soap-Making Suggestion

Ben Ruekberg
Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881
J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85 (10), p 1345
DOI: 10.1021/ed085p1345.1
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 2008

Abstract

The reaction mixture of soap-making procedures tends to clog the filter paper in a Büchner funnel. A plastic scrubbing sheet such as Scotch-Brite is coarse enough to allow rapid filtration but fine enough to hold curdy soap.

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High School / Introductory Chemistry

Keywords (Domain):

Laboratory Instruction

Keywords (Feature):

Letters

Keywords (Subject):

Laboratory Equipment / Apparatus
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  • Received: August 03, 2009

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