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Report Title: Disc Centrifuge

Student Name: Yosporn Permpeian
Department: Department of Chemistry
Year: 2010

ABSTRACT
This lab experiment is about the ability of disc centrifuge in separation of solid-liquid and
liquid-liquid solution and to find the component composition of the solution by using laboratory
centrifuge and heating oven. We used the coconut milk as a solution to begin. This lab experiment
begins with the clarification to separate the solid particles out of coconut milk. We find out that solid
particles were almost 4.94% of coconut milk. Then we continued with the clarified coconut milk by
passing it though the purification process, which it will be separate the heavier particle and lighter
particle from the colloidal-like coconut milk. We set most of the variables constant example numbers
of disc, speed of disc rotation etc. But only one variable that change in each test, which is volumetric
flow rate. The low flow rate can separated each component perfectly apart better than high flow rate.
Then we can find the composition of each component by using the laboratory centrifuge. In low flow
rate we found 47.84% of coconut cream, and 52.16% of coconut oil. In high flow rate we found
63.02% of water, and 36.98% of coconut cream. Then another method to find the composition of
water by using heating oven had been used. The composition of water in fresh coconut milk was
75.02%, in clarified coconut milk was 86.72%, in purified coconut milk with low flow rate was
23.31%, and in purified coconut milk with high flow rate was 69.99%.
With this experiment, we now know the process of clarification, purification and separation.
Able obtain the knowledge of how-to and use it with as in chemical engineering skill.
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Contents
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ABSTRACT A
List of Tables C
List of Figures D
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Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Rationale
1.2 Objectives of Study
1.3 Scopes of Study
1.4 Expected Results
Chapter 2 Literature Review
Chapter 3 Methodology
3.1 Materials and Equipment
3.1.1 Materials and Chemical Reagent
3.1.2 Equipment
3.2 Experimental Procedures
Chapter 4 Results and Discussion

Contents (cont’)
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Chapter 5 Conclusion
5.1 Conclusion
5.2 Recommendation
References
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List of Tables
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List of Figures
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