Certificate

Jawahar Navodaya
vidhyalaya,kalukheda,distt.-ratlam
Chemistry Investigatory Project
“Preparation of Rayon .”

By :-Rahul Bamniya

Class :12th.

Section : A

Roll No. : 1235

This is to certify that Rahul Bamniya, student of Class XII, JNV

Ratlam, has completed the project title – “preparation of rayon”
During the academic year 2019-2020 towards partial fulfillment of
credit for the Chemistry practical evaluation of CBSE 2019-20, and
submitted satisfactory report, as compiled in the following pages,
under the supervision of the chemistry teacher.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Primarily I would thank God for being able to complete this

project with success. Then I would like to thank my chemistry
teacher Mrs.Anita Dahiya, whose valuable guidance has been the
ones that helped me patch this project and make it full proof
success. Her suggestions and her instructions has served as the
major contribution towards the completion of the project.

Then I would like to thank my parents and friends who have

helped me with their valuable suggestions and guidance has been
help fuling various phases of the completion of the project.

Last but not the least I would like to thank my classmates who
have helped me a lot.

Rahul Bamniya

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INDEX
1. Introduction
2. Material Required
3. Procedure
4. Precaution
5. Observation Table
6. Results
7. Biblography

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AIM OF THE EXPIREMENT
 Preparation of Rayon thread from filter paper using
Cuprammonium process.

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 MATERIALS
REQUIRED

1. Beakers
2. Conical Flasks
3. Filtration Flasks
4. Vacuum Pump
5. Bent Tube
6. Glass Rod
7. 50% Ammonia sol
8. dil.NaOH sol
9. dil.H3SO4 sol
10. Filter paper or Waste Paper

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Procedure

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A. Preparation of Schweitzer’s Solution:
a)Way20gofCuSO).5H20.
b)Transfer this to a beaker having 100ml distilled water and add
15ml of dilute H2SO4 to prevent hydrolysis of CuSO.
c)Stir it with a glass rod till a clear solution is obtained. Add 11ml
of liquor ammonia drop by drop with slow stirring. The precipitate
of cupric hydroxide separated out.
d)Filter the solution containing cupric hydroxide through a funnel
with filter paper.
e)Wash the precipitate of cupric hydroxide with water until the
filtrate fails to give a positive test for sulphate ions with barium
chloride solution.
f)Transfer the precipitate to a beaker that contains 50ml of liquor
ammonia or wash it down the funnel. The precipitate when
dissolved in liquor ammonia gives a deep blue solution of tetra-
ammine cupric hydroxide. This is known as SCHWEITZER’S
SOLUTION.

B. Preparation of Cellulose material:

a)After weighing 2g of filter paper divide it into very fine pieces
and then transfer these pieces to the tetra-ammine cupric
hydroxide solution in the beaker.
b)Seal the flask and keep for 10 to 15 days, during this period the
filter paper is dissolved completely.

C.Formation of Ravon Thread:

a)Take 50ml of distilled water in a glass container. To this add
20ml of conc H2SO4 drop by drop. Cool the solution under tap
water. In a big glass container pour some of sol

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 b)Fill the syringe with cellulose solution prepared before. c)Place
the big glass container containing H2SO4 solution produced before
in ice (the reaction being spontaneous results in excess release of
energy in the form of heat which makes the fibers weak and breaks
them).
d)Immerse the tip of the syringe in the solution and press gently.
Notice the fibers getting formed in the acid bath. Continue to move
your hand and keep pressing the syringe to extrude more fibers
into the bath.
e)Leave the fibers in solution till they decolorize and become
strong enough.
f)Filter and wash with distilled water.

Precaution
a)Addition of excess NH should be avoided.
b)Before taking the viscose in the syringe make sure that
it does not contain any particles of paper, otherwise, it
would clog the needle of the syringe.
c)Addition of NH should be done in a fume cupboard and
with extreme care. The fumes if inhaled may cause
giddiness.
d)Use a thick needle otherwise the fibers won’t come out

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 Observation Table

 Weight of filter paper=1.0g

 Weight of rayon filament obtained=1.2g
 Maximum length of rayon =32cm
Conclusion
Sample of cuprammonium Rayon was
successfully prepared

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 RESULT:-

Rayon thread was prepared from filter paper using

cuprammonium process

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BIBLIOGRAPHY:-
1. Comprehensive Practical Chemistry – XII.
2. N.C.E.R.T Chemistry Text Book.
3. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
4. Scribd.
5. www.milkworld.com.

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