Organic Chemistry Caffeine Extraction Lab ( Tea Bags )
Purpose:
To demonstrate the isolation of a natural product from a biological source (tea bags) using extraction techniques, and to demonstrate purification by sublimation.
Procedure:
In a 400ml beaker, 15 tea bags were submerged in approximately 125ml of water. This was brought to a boil over a bunsen burner and allowed to boil for about 15 minutes.
The tea bags were removed from the tea infused water and discarded. 15 grams of Na2CO3 was dissolved in the …
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