Download or read book Paracetamol written by Frank Ellis and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2002 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brief Contents: How to use this book; Background information; Paracetamol is a common compound; The history of paracetamol; Experimental and investigation section; The extraction and purification of paracetamol from tablets; The preparation of paracetamol; The quantitative analysis of various formulations of paracetamol; Using thin layer chromatography to investigate paracetamol; Teachers' notes; The toxicity of paracetamol; Apparatus lists and answers