Molecules and concepts
Procedure
Pills
Results
Failures
100

This molecule is the active ingredient in the pills we examined

what is acetaminophen

100

This part of the procedure is how the compounds were extracted 

What is dissolution in ethanol

100

This pill helps with bloating and cramps

What is Midol (500 mg of acetaminophen)

100

This was our extracted mass of acetaminophen in the Midol pill

what is 127 milligrams

100

This solvent did not dissolve acetaminophen

what is sulfuric acid

200

This is an organic polar solvent that has a 1:7 dissolving ration with acetaminophen

what is ethanol

200

This part of the procedure is necessary for calibration of the GC-MS machine

What is creating standards for acetaminophen?

200

This pill helps with pain or inflammation without caffeine

What is Top Care pain relief pm (500 mg of Acetaminophen)

200

This was our extracted mass of acetaminophen in our top care pain relief pm pill?

what is 69.67 milligrams

200

this solvent had a huge UV-Vis band at the same wavelength as acetaminophen

what is ethanol

300

What are the components that make acetaminophen polar?

What is a hydroxyl and amide group?

300

This part of the procedure is necessary for getting acetaminophen and ethanol by itself

What is vacuum filtration?

300

This is a name brand pill used for headaches and bodyaches

What is Excedrin (250 mg of Acetaminophen)

300

This was our mass of acetaminophen in our excedrin pill

What is 93 milligrams

300

This may have caused inaccurate molarity in our samples

What is leftover solvent after washing glassware between transfers

400

This chemical concept helps us determine which solvent to dissolve our solute in

What is like-dissolves-like

400

The part of the procedure was necessary for lowering the molarity so the GC-MS machine could read the sample (and what our group miscommunicated that led to our error)

What is a 1:10 dilution

400

This is a generic brand of acetaminophen found at WPI's Student Health Services

What is McKesson (325 mg of acetaminophen) 

400

This was our mass of acetaminophen in two of our McKesson pills

What is 310 milligrams

400

This machine ultimately did not work for our test because we were unable to get pure acetaminophen from our pills

what is UV-Vis?

500

This person is the best chemistry professor

and this person is the best TA

Who is Drew 

and

Who is Rachel

500

This machine was used to collect our data

What is a GC-MS machine

500

This store brand medicine helps relieve specific types of headaches

What is CVS tension headache (500 mg of acetaminophen) 

500

This was our mass of acetaminophen in our CVS tension headache 

What is 147 milligrams

500

This percent error was the highest out of our samples

What is 86%