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 * __ Introduction to Caspie Procedure ~ __**

Below is the all-encompassing procedure developed for the lab as a whole. Each group has been designated specific variables to control, in an attempt to root out particular factors in the efficiency (or lack thereof) of synthesizing biodiesel. Listed are variables and constants for each group.

130 deg 140 deg 145 deg || Amount of catalyst Time in Microwave Waste oil || corn oil soybean waste oil || Amount of Catalyst Time in Microwave Temperature || 10% 15% 20% || Time in Microwave Waste oil Temperature || ** What is the primary objective of the Caspie Module? ** Simply put, our objective is to successfully synthesize Biodiesel from products such as soy bean oil, corn oil, and waste oil, //using a basic catalyst// to obtain optimum yield.
 * || ** Variable ** || ** Constants ** ||
 * ** Group 4 ** || //Temperature//
 * ** Group 5 ** || //Type of oil//
 * ** Group 6 ** || //Amount of catalyst//

**What reasoning is there behind the use of a basic catalyst?** Using a basic catalyst is more cost effective than using the more common acidic catalysts.

As mentioned above, the entire (thursday) lab section has come together as a whole, developing a list of different variables and constants to be controlede in an attempt to better understand an efficient method for the synthesis of biodiesel. The manner in which we are attempting to do this is by using the results from each lab group and applying the best conditions to then obtain the highest overall yield. It is our hope, and overall objective that an efficient method for biodiesel synthesis can be reached through the experimental protocol we have developed.

//Our// group is interested in finding out how much catalyst is needed to produce the most amount of product (and, we think that the less catalyst used, the better). In order for our group to do this we calculated the amount of grams of catalyst needed in respect to waste oil and the amount of grams we will be using. Finding out the percent yield will tell us how much catalyst affects the amount of product produced.
 * What is our group (Chem Kids!) doing?**

//The basic mechanism is shown here://

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