Question

3. Which of the following statements is correct regarding laboratory techniques for a organic chemistry lab? Select all that apply.

a) When cleaning glassware before a reaction you should rinse with tap water first followed by wash acetone.

b) After conducting a reaction, all wash acetone waste can be poured into the acetone waste bottles in the sink.

c) When removing visible traces of acetone, you may gently blow air into/around the glassware.

d) When cleaning glassware with tap water and wash acetone, everything should be disposed of into the acetone waste bottles located in the sinks.

e) After conducting a reaction, glassware is cleaned in the same manner as before a reaction.

Answer 1

Solution:

The correct options are A, B and D.

Note : Acetone and acetone containing waster is always stored in waste containers.

The option C is not correct because we can not blow air into glassware.

The option E is not coreect because after reaction the cleaning of glassware is different than before reaction.