Kate, Kathryn, and I are doing the bio-diesel lab. To start the lab you need some vegetable oil, KOH, gloves, magnetic stirrers, a funnel-like vessel, a hot plate, water, methanol, thermometer, a flask, a beaker, an oil lamp, a wick, and a lighter. The goal of this lab is to separate the waste (glycerol) so it is on the bottom and the bio-diesel on the top, which is the KOH, alcohol, and vegetable oil heated up. Once it separates the waste is red and it is emptied and the bio-diesel, which is a light tan is drained into the oil lamp. Then light the wick and you have a bio-diesel oil lamp, YEAH!!!!!!!
-Renee
Very, very cool!
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