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Pre-lab questions for a Saponification lab: A student assembled the reflex apparatus. Later the joint was seized...

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Pre-lab questions for a Saponification lab:

A student assembled the reflex apparatus. Later the joint wasseized and the RBF had to be broken to disassemble the apparatus.What was the cause of this? How could it have been prevented?

Filtering the soap using a washcloth exposes your hands to avery basc solution. What should you be doing to protect your handsfrom basic hydrolysis?

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In a reflex apparatus the round bottom flask RBF is connected to the condensor via the ground glass joints which at times tend to freezeseize under different reaction conditions    See Answer
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