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==Objective== | ==Objective== | ||
| - | To conduct the salt test on the porphyrin film. | + | To conduct the salt test on the porphyrin film, to take UV-Vis of the remaining solutions, and to measure the sodium content of the PVOH/glutaraldehyde film that was soaked in NaOH. |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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| + | * The acetone that the dye film was placed in was changed. | ||
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<u>Porphyrin Salt Test</u> | <u>Porphyrin Salt Test</u> | ||
| - | # The porphyrin film was removed from the 2% wt H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> and was placed in the sodium sulfate prepared last class. | + | # The porphyrin film was removed from the 2% wt H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> and was placed in 50 mL of the sodium sulfate prepared last class. |
# The time for the porphyrin film to change from green to pink was recorded. (took | # The time for the porphyrin film to change from green to pink was recorded. (took | ||
# The film was sliced to have the width of the UV-Vis cuvette. | # The film was sliced to have the width of the UV-Vis cuvette. | ||
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# The sliced film was placed in the cuvette and a UV-Vis spectra was taken. | # The sliced film was placed in the cuvette and a UV-Vis spectra was taken. | ||
# The sliced film was then placed into additional 2% wt H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> until it turned green. (Time to turn green = | # The sliced film was then placed into additional 2% wt H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> until it turned green. (Time to turn green = | ||
| - | # Once the film slice had turned green, it was placed into the solution of aluminum sulfate prepared last class. | + | # Once the film slice had turned green, it was placed into 50 mL of the solution of aluminum sulfate prepared last class. |
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| - | * start time for was 1:32 | + | * start time for soaking in sodium sulfate was 1:32 |
| + | * The old acetone that the dye film was placed in (on Wednesday) was still clear in color. | ||
| + | * The H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> solution that the porphyrin has been soaking in since Wednesday was green (when the film was removed from it) | ||
| + | * At the end of 2 hours and 15 minutes, the porphyrin film was still green, so we left it to soak in the sodium sulfate solution over the weekend. UV-Vis will be taken on Monday. | ||
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ObjectiveTo conduct the salt test on the porphyrin film, to take UV-Vis of the remaining solutions, and to measure the sodium content of the PVOH/glutaraldehyde film that was soaked in NaOH. Description
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