Data Analysis Questions for Column Chromatography

A. TLC Flourene

1. How many spots did you have with your fluorene sample?

a. What does the number of spots tell you?

b. Did the spot(s) move with the solvent front?

c. What does it mean?

2. What can you conclude about your TLC data of fluorene?

B. TLC Fluorenone

1. How many spots did you have with your fluorenone sample?

a. what does the number of spots tell you?

b. Did the spot(s) move with the solvent front?

c. What does it mean?

2. What can you conclude about your TLC data of fluorenone?

C. Melting Point Fluorene

1. What is the melting point?

2. What does the melting point tell you?

3. Errors

a. What are the errors

b. Explain what caused them.

D. Melting Pont Fluorenone

1. What is the melting point?

2. What does the melting point tell you?

3. Errors

a. What were the errors?

b. Explain what caused them.

E. Percent Recovery Fluorene

1. What is your percent recovery?

2. What does the percent recovery tell you?

3. Why is it good or bad?

4. Explain.

F. Percent Recovery Fluorenone

1. What is your percent recovery?

2. What does the percent recovery tell you?

3. Why is it good or bad?

4. Explain.