Dumaran, Haydee Rose B., Robin, Annaliza J., Segunla, Divine Grace R. (January 2003)
Philippine Science High School Western Visayas Campus – Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PSHS WVC), Brgy. Bito-on, Jaro, Iloilo City 5000, Philippines
ABSTRACT
Extracts from cassava(Manihot esculenta) root crops were taken, processed and tested to determine whether it is efficient as sorce of alcohol.
Ethyl alcohol is colorless, sweet smelling, miscible, and it ignites. Result show that the distillate obtained from the experiment has some properties of alcohol. The percentage of alcohol in the distillate however was not determined due to limited resources.
The researches performed three trials, however the second trial failed to give a distillate. The distillate from the other two trials showed same characteristics. The properties the distillate have that reflect the properties of ethyl alcohol are: it is colorless and it is miscible to water. However, it has a sharp burning smell and it did not ignite. Therefore, the researchers concluded that alcohol maybe produced from the extracts of cassava root crops.