Separation, Purification and Characterization of Organic Liquid and Solid Unknowns by meansof Simple istillation, !"traction and #ecrystallization $nna %urekC&! '()L Section '*'epartment of Chemistry, ePaul Uni+ersity, )))* ,- .elden $+enue, Chicago, /L 0*0)1a-k-zurek2gmail-com'3)'3'*)4Abstract:Simple distillation is used to separate clear, homogenous mi"ture of two unknown liquids 5unknown 607- 8he mi"ture is highly +iscous and has mildly sweet odor- Once the products are distilled, small sample of each product is heated to determine its boiling point range- 8he boiling point of the lower boiling liquid 5L.7 is determined to be 91-(:90-) 5C7 and the boiling point of the higher boiling compound 5&.7 ;'-(:;1-* 5C7- 8he density of the lower boiling liquid is found to be *-