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Lab Report Boiling Point and Melting Point

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repCHEMISTRY I - LABORATORY EXERCISE MANUAL
LABORATORY EXERCISE 10: Melting Point and Boiling Point Determination
This is a traditional lab. You'll simply follow the step-by-step procedure, keeping records of your measurements and observations. Each student will write their own lab report, which should include the following:

Name:

Names of lab partners:

Date of Experiment:

Date Report Submitted

TITLE:

Purpose: A brief statement about what the experiment is designed to determine or demonstrate about chemistry

Procedure: Brief summary

Data Tables:

Observations:

Conclusions: What did you learn from the experiment? Should be based on observations made during the experiment.

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e. When the last bubble emerges from the capillary tube, record the temperature.

3. Reheat the water bath and repeat the cooling process two more times. Record the temperature reading after each trial, and average all three trials.

4. The published boiling point of isopropyl alcohol is 82.4 oC.

5. Calculate the error between the observed boiling point and the published value of the boiling point.

II. Melting Point
1. a. Push the open end of a capillary tube into the powdered acetamide.

b. Move the powder to the closed end of the capillary tube by tapping it on the table. Repeat until the the powdered acetamide occupies 1-2 mm of the capillary tube end.

c. With rubber bands, attach the capillary tube to a thermometer and align the bulb of the thermometer with the closed end of the capillary tube.

d. Make a water bath as before by half filling a 100 mL beaker with warm tap water.

e. Place the thermometer/capillary tube assembly in the water bath so that the surface level of the powdered acetamide is beneath the surface level of the water bath.

f. Place the beaker on the burner stand and, stirring frequently to insure even heating, carefully heat the water bath with your heat source.

g. Note the temperature at which the acetamide melts. Remove heat source.

h. Let the acetamide cool and recrystallize. Repeat the procedure two more times and average the results.

i. The

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