Having too much sample can cause an inaccurate melting point .under these circumstances how will the observed melting point compare with the true melting point ?

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Having too much sample can cause an inaccurate melting point .under these circumstances how will the observed melting point compare with the true melting point ?

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Melting point is the temperature at which the substance in solid phase changes to liquid phase as the some of the intermolecular force between the molecules decrease, enabling the movement of molecules to a certain extent.

When determining the melting point of the sample, one of the methods used to for the determination of melting point is using the capillary tube, where the sample is stuffed inside a capillary tube to a height of about 3 mm and placed in the meting point apparatus for melting the sample. When excess sample is used, the heat required to melt the sample will be more.    

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