This week, 14 science students attended a 3 hour chemistry workshop at Southampton University. Students extracted, purified and analysed Trimyristin from nutmeg. They worked in pairs within the fume hoods to carry out the procedures. Once they had obtained their purified Trimyristin, they checked the purity using thin layer chromatography, melting point and infra-red spectroscopy.
All of our students had hands-on experience of a university laboratory and also got to explore the university campus. All students successfully extracted and purified the Trimyristin and were praised by the university staff for their practical skills. One group was complimented on how good their infra-red spectroscopy was in indicating how pure the sample was. We are very grateful to our local Universities who offer us opportunities such as this, to experience and explore post-18 educational options.
