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PROJECT WORK
NAME-ABHINAV KUMAR THAKUR
ROLL NO-03
CLASS-12 ‘A’
SESSION-2019-20
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G.D.DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL
BHANDARKOLA SATAR ROAD
B.DEOGHAR
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that ABHINAV KUMAR
THAKUR, a student of class XII-sci.(Roll.no.-
_____) has performed the project under the
guidance of Mr.R.K Pathak (subject teacher)
During the academic year 2019-20.The project is
approved for AISSCE 2020
Examiner teacher
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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The success and the final outcome of this project
required a lot of guidance and assistance from many people
and we extremely fortunate to have got this all along the
completion of our assignment work. Whatever we have
done is only due to such guidance and assistance and we
would not forget to thank them. I respect and
thank (t e a c he r) fo r gi vi n g us a n op po rt u ni t y t o do
t hi s pr oj e c t a nd p rov i di n g us a l l t he support and
guidance which made us complete the project on time.
We extremely grateful to her for providing such nice support
and guidance. We are really grateful because we managed to
complete this project within the time given by (teacher). We
would also not forget to thank our school principal by giving
us this approval of do this project. This project cannot be
complete without the effort and cooperation from our group
members. Last but not least we would like t o e xpre ss ou r
gra t i t ude t o o ur fr i e nd s wh o he l p us a l o t i n
fi na l i z i ng t h i s p roj e c t within the limited time frame
AIM
TO DETERMINE
THE
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PERCENTAGE OF
CAFFEINE IN
DIFFERENT
SAMPLES OF
TEA…..
INTRODUCTION
Tea is a highly popular drink all over the world.
A cup of tea is often taken as a mind-freshner.
This can be primarily attributed to the presence
of a stimulant called CAFFEINE in the tea.
Besides this tea also contains various
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polyphenolic compounds that act as flavourings
agents. Relative contents of these compounds
result in different varieties available under
different brand names.
The quality of tea leaves also greatly influence
of the taste of the tea.
Tea is popular name of the tropical plant whose
botanical name is Camellia thea. India is the
largest producer of good quality tea and it is
mainly grown in slope of hills of Assam, West
Bengal and Nilgiri Hills. A cup of Indian tea
contains 80mg of caffeine which is the
indispensable content of tea.
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In this project we will do a careful study of
different brands of tea and will extract and
carefully analyze their caffeine content. The
result would thus tell the exact content of
caffeine present in different samples
analyzed.
APPARATUS REQUIRED
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1. ROUND BOTTOM
FLASK.
2. BUNSEN BURNER,
MATCH STICK.
3. BEAKERS.
(250ml AND 75 ml)
CHEMICALS REQUIRED
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1.Basic Lead Nitrate 2. Lead Oxide
Procedure
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In a litre round bottom flask 40gm of first sample was taken.
To this about 250ml of distilled water was added and the
contents were refluxed for about an hour.
The brown colour extracted is separated by decantation
followed by filtration when still hot.
Lead acetate is dissolved into water in 250ml beaker.
The solution is boiled and the lead oxide is added slowly to
the boiling solution with constant stirring.
It is filtered and again boiled.
The filterate thus obtained is added dropwise to this extract till
no precipitation occurs.
The filtrate is treated with animal charcoal to decolourise
extract.
The clear solution is extracted with 100mg of chloroform after
separating by filtration.
The total solution is taken into distillation flask to remove the
solvent by distillation.
The residue left in the flask is dissolved in minimum amount
of hot water and the dissolved contents are transferred to the
boiling tube.
The solution is kept for slow crystallization.
When the white crystalline solid comes out of the solution it is
filtered, dried in desiccators and weighed.
The above procedure is repeated for all samples of tea.
The observations are carefully recorded.
OBSERVATION
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About 49gm of each sample was taken. The
contents of caffeine of the samples were noted and
their presence in terms of percentage was calculated.
RED
LABEL
TAJ
MAHAL
TATA
TEA
LIPTON
INFERENCE
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FROM THE CAFFEINE
CONTENT AND THE TASTE
OF THE TEA AS
DESCRIBED ABOVE
SHOWS THAT THE
GREATER THE AMOUNT OF
CAFFEINE, THE
BITTERNESS AND
STIMULATING EFFECT OF
THE TEA.
Bibliography
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1. Help from internet.
2. Information from
library.
3. Help from teachers.
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