This experiment is intended to illustrate the following concepts and techniques: • Heating under reflux • Theory, technique, and use of simple distillation • Boiling point determination techniques • Microscale assembly of a simple distillation apparatus This manuscript will refer you to the following pages and figures from your textbook. You may want to mark them beforehand. p. 600 – 603, section 7.2 and the following figures: Fig. 7.6 – Reflux apparatus Fig. 7.7 – Reflux ring Fig. 7.8B – Microscale magnetic spin vane • p. 694 – 696, section 13.1 and 13.2 and the following figure: Fig. 13.3 – Macroscale method of determining the boiling point • p. 703 – 710, and the following figures: Fig. 14.2 – Three types of temperature behaviour during a simple distillation Fig. 14.4 – The Hickman head Fig. 14.5 – Microscale distillation apparatus Fig. 14.6 – Removing the distillate from the Hickman head • p. 103 – 108 (exp. 13)