To prepare a sample of rayon thread from filter paper

Today we will see how to make project on 'To prepare a sample of rayon thread from filter paper' this project is only for class 12th student and this project is belongs to 'chemistry' in this project we will cover following steps

1.Aim 

2.Apparatus Required 

3.Chemical required 

4. Background

5.Introduction 

6.Reaction 

7.Procedure 

8.precautions


9.Bibliography 

                                    Aim

To prepare a sample of rayon threads from filter paper.

               Apparatus Required

1. Conical flask (preferably 250 ml)

2. Funnel

3. Glass rod

4.Beaker (preferably 250 ml)

5. Water bath

6.Filter paper (Whatman paper or ordinary

filter paper sheets. Preferably, Whatman).

            Chemicals Required

1. CuSO4

2. NaOH solution

3. Liquor ammonia solution

4. Dilute H2SO4

5. Whatman Paper

6. Distilled H2O

                    Background

Rayon is a synthetic fiber produced from cellulose. Developed in an attempt to produce silk chemically, it was originally called artificial silk or wood silk. Rayon is a regenerated fiber, because cellulose is converted to a liquid

compound and then back to cellulose in the form of fiber. For example, cuprammonium rayon is made by dissolving cellulose in an ammoniacal copper sulphate solution. 

The characteristics of rayon fibers are:

1.They are highly absorbent,

2.Soft and comfortable,

3.Easy to dye &

4. Drape well.

                     Introduction

Cellulose is nature’s own giant molecule. It is the fibrous material that every plant from seaweed to the sequoiamakes by baking glucose molecules in long chains; the chains are bound together in the fibers that give plantstheir shape and

strength. Wood has now become the main source of cellulose. Since it contains only 40% to 50% cellulose, the

substance must be extracted by ‘pulping’.The logs are flaked, and then simmered in chemicalsthat dissolve the tarry lignin, resins and minerals. The remaining pulp, about 93% cellulose, is dried and rolled into sheets-raw material for paper, rayon and other products.

It can be obtained in 2 ways

1. Viscose Process: Cellulose is soaked in 30% caustic soda solution for about 3 hrs. The alkali solution is removed and the product is treated with CSi. This gives cellulose xanthate, which is dissolved in NaOH solution to give viscous solution. This is filtered and forced through a spinneret into a dilute H2SO4 solution, both of which harden the gum-like thread into rayon fibers. The process of making viscose was discovered by C. F .Cross and EJ.Bevan in 1891.

2. Cuprammonium Rayon: Cuprammonium rayon is obtained by dissolving pieces of filter paper in a deep blue solution containing tetra-ammine cupric hydroxide

[Cu(NH3)4](OH)2].The latter is obtained from a solution of copper sulphate. To it, NH4OH solution is added to precipitate cupric hydroxide, which is then dissolved in excess of NH3.

                        Reactions

⏵ CuSO4+ 2NH4OH —> Cu(OH)2+ (NH4)2SO4

                                                                   Pale blue ppt

⏵Cu(OH)2 + 4NH4OH —> [Cu(NH3)4](OH)2 + 4H2O

 ⏵[Cu(NH2)4](OH)2 + pieces of filter paper left for 10-15 days give a viscous solution called viscose

                         Procedure

A. Preparation of Schweitzer’s Solution:

a) Way 20g of CuSO.5H2O.

b) Transfer this to a beaker having 100ml distilled

water and add 15ml of dilute H2SO4 to prevent

hydrolysis of CuSO4.

c) Stir it with a glass rod till a clear solution is

obtained. Add 11 ml of liquor ammonia drop by

drop with slow stirring. The precipitate of cupric

hydroxide is 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 thetetra-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 the solution.

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

                      Precautions

a) Addition of excess NH3 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 NH3 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.

                    Bibliography

1 Chemistry (Part I& Part 2) – Textbook NCERT

2 Together With Lab Manual Chemistry XII;

3 www.wikepedia.com

4 www.scribd.com

5 www.google.com

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