| Overview of the System |
| A typical set up of Rotary Evaporator glassware consists of an evaporating flask, a receiving flask & a condenser. The evaporating flask holds the sample to be evaporated. Once a sample is placed in the evaporating flask, it is lowered in to a heated water bath and is rotated in the water bath. The rotation of the evaporation flask creates a thin film of sample on the inside of the glassware. Increase surface area encourages evaporation of the molecules. Heated water encourages the free flow of molecules to move toward the condenser to be collected in the receiving flask. The receiving flask collects the condensate that comes from the condenser for evaluation of the pure solvent or proper waste disposal |
