Extraction is a separation method that is often used in the laboratory to separate one or more components of a mixture. Sucrose was separated initially because it is the most immiscible and highly insoluble. Next, the acetylsalicylic acid was separated, leaving the acetanilide alone. Various steps could have resulted in errors. For example, during the separation step, when the dichloromethane layer was supposed to be discharged, it might be possible for an aqueous layer to be discharged with it. Which could make the final result less accurate. Errors could also have occurred if a certain amount of dichloromethane had not been removed. Both methods could interfere with the end result of determining the amount of each component in the mixture. The solids percentage was 22.1% higher than the original. This suggests that the solids were not completely separated, which explains why the recorded melting points were slightly lower than the actual melting point of the component. The melting point of acetylsalicylic acid is 136°C, but the range recorded during the experiment was approximately 105°C to 118°C. Melting points were slightly lower than the literature value. Sucrose was the purest of all the components due to its higher melting point, which follows the chemical rule that the higher the melting point, the purer the component..