Today our group had several tasks to achieve. First we had to filter our KOH alcoholic solution for pH testing standards later, perform an "acid titration" reaction (seen as the flask with "pink" fluid in it, oops too much base, that is OK, first try), Separate the glycerin and methanol byproduct from our Biodiesel reaction through distillation for later purity testing, Test our biodiesel with FTIR spectrometer for purity, and test the "flash point" of our first biodiesel attempt for purity, and finally we started the "plumbing" for our larger scale model of the Biodiesel reactor from the partnering factory. We achieved all tasks and will be ready to test our Bioreactor tomorrow!
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