Aspirin Lab Report Conclusion

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Post lab Conclusion: The purpose of this lab was to insolate the active component from an analgesic, Aspirin in this case. The product obtained was 0.195 g of acetylsalicylic acid. The yield percentage was calculated as shown: Yield = Final weight/ Initial weight * 100 Initial weight of active ingredient in Aspirin = 0.325 g of acetylsalicylic acid Final weight of active ingredient in Aspirin = 0.195 g of acetylsalicylic acid Yield = 0.195g/0.325b * 100 = 60% The yield might be low due to the loss of product during the transfer of the solvent in lab from beaker to beaker. Also, after recrysalization, some of the product would not get scrapped from the walls of the beaker. On the other hand, the product had only a little, close to

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