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write experiment section, result and formal discussion. I have completed the lab and I wrote the experiment section and the result and half of the discussion. I need help finishing the discussion for example how can I explain my result in the discussion and can you check my work for the experiment section and result?

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Experimental: 

Firstly, we added 20mL diethyl ether into a 15 mL erlenmeyer flask then added 1 g of BC powder. Next, we swirled the solution to  dissolve. After that, we grabbed a Separatory funnel with a stopper and we ensured that the stopcock on the separatory funnel was closed. Then, we poured the solution into the Separatory funnel then added 5 mL of diethyl ether into the remaining contents in the erlenmeyer flask. We swirled it then transferred it to the Separatory funnel. Next, we transferred 20 mL of 5% sodium bicarbonate to the Separatory funnel. Then we closed the funnel and inverted it then released the pressure by opening the stopcock. We repeated this process till no gas came out when opening the stopcock. After almost 5 minutes, we placed the separatory funnel onto the ring stand and immediately we removed the stopper. After absorbing separation in the separatory funnel, we transferred the aqueous layer to the clean beaker. Next, we cooled down the aqueous layer/solution by placing the beaker in an ice bath for five minutes. We transferred the renaming contacts in the Separatory funnel in the "Unwanted liquid material" container. After that, we acidify the solution by using pasteur pipette to add 1-2 mL of HCl to the solution. We added the acid slowly till no carbon dioxide was produced. By using the stirring rod, we placed one drop of the solution on the Ph paper and absorbed the colour of the PH paper. Once the solution was acidic, we collected the precipitates by using vacuum filtration. After collecting the solids, we transferred it to the oven in the instrument room. We put the acetylsalicylic acid in the oven for ten minutes. Then we removed the acetylsalicylic acid from the oven and placed it on the scale and recorded the weight. After that, we moved to the DigiMelt room and louded melting point capillary. We placed the senf of the capillary gently on the substance several times till we reached a height of 2mL inside the capillary tube. We started to drop the sample into the drop tude and repeated this step till the sample is pushed to the end of the drop tube. Then we placed the sample in the digimelt. On the digimelt, we sat the START TEMP 30 degree C under the melting point, RAMP RATE 5 degree celseo per min and the STOP TEMP 30 degree C above  the melting point. We record the starting and the ending  melting temperature. Result: Table 1: the mass of the BC powder and the melting point, mass recovered and % recovery of Acetylsalicylic Acid. mass of BC mass of Acetylsalicylic acid Melting point of powder (g) Acetylsalicylic acid % recovery of recovered (g) (C) Acetylsalicylic Acid 0.348 135-140 50% The percent recovery of the Acetylsalicylic Acid is 50% which means we were able to get half of the Acetylsalicylic Acid from the BC powder. The melting point range is 135-140 C.Extraction is a separation process that involves separating a substance from an array. It includes liquid-liquid extraction, and solid-state extraction. The two-stage solute distribution is an equilibrium condition described by the partition theory. Extraction depends on how the dissolved material moves from the water into the organic layer. In this lab,  liquid-liquid extraction was used to separate acetylsalicylic acid in the BC powder from the other components, which are Salicylamide and caffeine. Based on the result in table 1, the mass of the Acetylsalicylic Acid is 0.348 g and there was 0.700 of Acetylsalicylic Acid in the BC powder. By dividing these two numbers, we got percent recovery of the Acetylsalicylic Acid about 50%.