Prelab - detailed plan for biodiesel synthesis and analysis (20%)

Analytical methods

• The biodiesel will be analyzed by measuring the viscosity (see the Procedure section for more information) and the density (pycnometer method).
  
• In addtion, you must:
  
• Choose one (1) other analytical method. A minimum of two (2) sources that use your method of choice to analyze biodiesel is required. Other sources may also be provided.
• Do not forget to cite the original sources.
  
• To find this information, you must search the literature (online and/or print).  To help you with your search, do not forget that the Journal of Chemical Education is available at the library (online version) and anywhere in the Cégep when you are logged on to the Cégep network. 
• Your professor must approve the analytical method of choice.
  
• See Procedure section for more information.

Prelab - detailed plan

Once your professor has approved the third analytical method you chose to use to analyze your biodiesel, you must complete a prelab - detailed plan:

• Reactions and mechanisms for the synthesis and work-up of biodiesel (as you have done for the Sunscreen project)
• Specific objectives
• Synthesis and Purification
• Data and observations tables. Do not forget any pertinent theoretical values and the analysis of your data. 
• Provide calculations, if necessary.
• Provide experimental setups and any other figures, diagrams, etc. that improve clarity
• Viscosity
• Data and observations tables. Do not forget any pertinent theoretical values and the analysis of your data. 
• Provide calculations, if necessary.
• Provide experimental setups and any other figures, diagrams, etc. that improve clarity
• Density
• Data and observations tables. Do not forget any pertinent theoretical values and the analysis of your data. 
• Provide calculations, if necessary.
• Provide experimental setups and any other figures, diagrams, etc. that improve clarity
• Chosen analytical method
• Procedure.  Do not forget to explain how your will analyze the data
• Data and observations tables. Do not forget any pertinent theoretical values and the analysis of your data. 
• Provide calculations, if necessary.
• Provide experimental setups and any other figures, diagrams, etc. that improve clarity
• References (see section below)

References

• Use the National Library of Medicine (NLM) style of presenting references.  This style uses both in-text citation numbers AND a numbered reference list.  The in-text citation numbers indicate your source.  These numbers start at the number one (1) and progressively increase as new sources are cited.  These in-text citation numbers refer to a reference list presented at the end of the document.  Note that the original number assigned to a reference is reused each time the reference is to be cited in the document.
• For a description of how to present the references, please refer to the Reference Style Guide section of the Chemistry Guide.
• A minimum of two (2) sources that use your method of choice to analyze biodiesel is required. Other sources may also be provided.

Evaluation criteria