Analysis and Expalanation

The purpose of this experiment is to isolate the ginger oil of ginger rhizome with
appropriate methods. where ginger is cleaned and then dried and weighed 10 grams for
extracted. the method that used is the extraction solvent. where some essential oils are low
molecular weight for the water soluble preformance extracted with an organic solvent
efficiently. The tool used to perform extraction is soxhlet extraction. soxhletation is a method
or process of separating a component contained in a solid manner penayringan repeated using
certain solvents, so that all of the desired principle of component to be isolated. Soxhletation
is repeated so that the results are perfect and solvents used are relatively few. soxhletation
method using a volatile solvent and can dissolve the organic compounds contained in these
materials, but does not dissolve the desired.
In this experiment, ginger rhizome poured into soxhlet extraction. The color of ginger
rhizome is yellow powder. And then poured the organic solvent, in this condition we use 100
mL of n-hexane. It because, it is easily separated from essential oils because of differences in
boiling point, in this case the boiling point lower at 68C. Extraction produces yellow extract
and n-hexane here is expected to be separated from essential oils.
Then, the extract is evaporated by the evaporator and maintained in order to the nhexane is not fall down in the pumpkin extractor and mixed with the extract. For this
experiment, we meed 26,1 mL of n-hexane. The purpose of it is to separate ginger oil from its
solvent and to concentrate the extract obtained.
After completion evaporated, it produces yellow extract and the residual solvents
accommodated. The yellow extract is added anhydrous Na2SO4. Anhydrous Na2SO4 is white
powder. The fuction of addition of Na2SO4 is to prevent water from essential oils can be
bound by anhydrous Na2SO4. So that the results obtained are expected pure essential oils
that do not contain water.
After added anhydrous Na2SO4, Then the extract was separated by filtration, the result
is ginger oil (essential oil). The color of ginger oil is brownish yellow and it is 0.2 grams.
Based on the theory, essential oils isolated from ginger rhizome should reach 1.5-3% by
weight of dry ginger, reaching 0.15 grams-0.3 grams of 10 grams of dried ginger. So, the
result of this experiment is appropriate with the theory.
Yield obtained was 3%. The following calculation is:
Ginger oil =

0,3 gr
10 gr x 100% = 3%

The refractive index is derived from n-hexane is 1.37326 while the refractive index of ginger
oil is 1.47373.
The next experiment is the determination of water content ginger. Weighing 1 gram
(initial weight) of dried ginger powder was added to an oven with a temperature of 110C, and
then weighed again to obtain a constant weight. And the results obtained constant weight is
0.7 grams of ginger powder.

The calculation of water content is:

Water containt =

initial massfinally mass

x 100%
finally mass

Water content =

1 gr0,7 gr
x 100% = 30%
1 gr

The water content obtained is 30 %.

Conclucion :
1. Methods used in isolating the ginger oil of ginger is soxhlet extraction.
2. Essential oils obtained was 2.4 grams with a refractive index of 1.47373.
3. The yield of ginger oil is 3%.
4. The water content in ginger powder at 30%.