"Survival Challenge"

[Lou1024]

Hey, this was posted at MyChemistryTutor.com, we were having trouble with it.

"I have a project about a challenege using 12 items given by my teacher. I need to convert salt water into fresh water. Also, we need to make fire and food using the items. the only thing is that we need to name and balance the equations, but i do not know the compounds of each thing. I making fire out of flint rocks in order to produce distillation to change salt water into fresh. Also, i need food, but i don't know what equations to use with fish and wild boars. Do i use animal fats or oils.

It is individually, the items are: sodium metal, salt water, flint rocks, vines, coconuts, lapm fronds, bamboo trees, gourds and fish. I would need to make a chanel in order to perform distillation to trap the steam to make fresh water. But i would have to place in a place were water can't escape. Also, the fire has to have little or non smoke. If I use palm fronds the hydrocarbons produce carbon dioxide and water which means i would hava steam instead of smoke. Also I need to make soap, I was planning to use cocnut oil, animal fats water and maybe sodium metal but wasn't quite sure."