Catoctin/Fauquier contact

Catoctin/Fauquier contact
Power washing a quarry block near Aldie, VA that preserves a soft sediment contact of the Fauquier Formation cap carbonate and pillow basalt of the Catoctin Formation.

Saturday, February 11, 2017

Rayleigh Fractionation Equation



Simple laboratory setup for fractional distillation of liquids. Image Source.

9 comments:

  1. Thorough, yet concise explanation of a relatively simple equation. If 30% error is acceptable, at what point do you start to question your results?

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  2. You took a simple equation and gave fairly detailed explanation. Perhaps reverse the two diagrams though. Explain the equation, then show how it works.

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  3. Good presentation, your explanations were easy to follow. It may have been helpful to give example values for F and D for a specific element.

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  4. I would've liked more time on the lab setup figure. Overall, nice job.

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  5. I'm still not clear on how the experimental setup in your figure works. Maybe take some more time to explain it. You're explanation of how the equation relates to your work was helpful. Everything made more sense as you explained more about your work.

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  6. You do a good job explaining your work and the uncertainty. However, you said at one point, "30% uncertainty is good for experimental work". You might want to expand on that for non-experimentalists can better understand your meaning.

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  7. I liked your presentation. Wouldn't a line graph of the concentration in the liquid as a function of fractionation be a helpful way to look at this for a general audience?

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  8. I like the first figure. You might want to add some more figures about how you use the equations in research. It can help further understand this equation.

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  9. Very good presentation. Wish you spend more time on the figure or maybe have more figures

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