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    1. One source of error in determining molecular weight from freezing point depression is not properly stirring the mixture of acids when melting them together, which could result in an inhomogeneous solution and inaccurate freezing point measurement. 2. Another source of error is measuring the incorrect freezing point temperature of the acid mixture, which would lead to an incorrect calculation of freezing point depression and inaccurate determination of molecular weight. 3. Leaving some of the acid mixture on the thermometer could also introduce error by changing the molality of the solution, which would affect the freezing point depression calculation and molecular weight determination.

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    1. One source of error in determining molecular weight from freezing point depression is not properly stirring the mixture of acids when melting them together, which could result in an inhomogeneous solution and inaccurate freezing point measurement. 2. Another source of error is measuring the incorrect freezing point temperature of the acid mixture, which would lead to an incorrect calculation of freezing point depression and inaccurate determination of molecular weight. 3. Leaving some of the acid mixture on the thermometer could also introduce error by changing the molality of the solution, which would affect the freezing point depression calculation and molecular weight determination.

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    1. One source of error in determining molecular weight from freezing point depression is not properly stirring the mixture of acids when melting them together, which could result in an inhomogeneous solution and inaccurate freezing point measurement. 2. Another source of error is measuring the incorrect freezing point temperature of the acid mixture, which would lead to an incorrect calculation of freezing point depression and inaccurate determination of molecular weight. 3. Leaving some of the acid mixture on the thermometer could also introduce error by changing the molality of the solution, which would affect the freezing point depression calculation and molecular weight determination.

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    Using Freezing-Point Depression To Find Molecular Weight Lab

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    1. One source of error in determining molecular weight from freezing point depression is not properly stirring the mixture of acids when melting them together, which could result in an inhomogeneous solution and inaccurate freezing point measurement. 2. Another source of error is measuring the incorrect freezing point temperature of the acid mixture, which would lead to an incorrect calculation of freezing point depression and inaccurate determination of molecular weight. 3. Leaving some of the acid mixture on the thermometer could also introduce error by changing the molality of the solution, which would affect the freezing point depression calculation and molecular weight determination.

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    Jonathan Khan May 15, 2011

    Ms. Crowley Using Freezing-Point Depression to Find Molecular Weight Lab

    1. One possible source of error is not stirring the mixture of lauric and benzoic acids as they are being

    melted. Due to the way that the substances were combined in the test tube, one of them was on top of the

    other, therefore when mixing the two together while melting a homogenous solution is created. This way

    when the solution cooled so that the freezing point could be measured, the freezing point measured

    would be that of the solution and not that of the more dense liquid.

    a. Assuming that the more dense liquid is benzoic acid, the freezing point of just the benzoic acid

    would be measured, as the two acids are not mixed in solution. The freezing point of the benzoic

    acid is higher than the freezing point of the solution of both acids. This in turn leads to a smaller

    calculated freezing point depression. This would indicate a smaller molality of benzoic acid than

    the actual value of the molality of benzoic acid of the solution. This smaller molality of benzoic

    acid would then indicate fewer moles of benzoic acid present in the solution. When molecular

    mass is calculated based on this, the calculated value for the molecular mass of benzoic acid

    would increase, because the number of grams present is being divided by a smaller number of

    moles.

    2. Another source of error is not using the correct temperature as the freezing point for the mixture of the

    two acids. By using the incorrect value for the freezing point of the mixture, the calculated freezing

    point depression would increase if the temperature used was too low, and would decrease if the

    temperature used was too high.

    a. If the calculated value of the freezing point depression was too low, it would indicate a smaller

    molality of benzoic acid than the actual value of the molality of benzoic acid of the solution. This

    smaller molality of benzoic acid would then indicate fewer moles of benzoic acid present in the

    solution. When molecular mass is calculated based on this, the calculated value for the molecular

    mass of benzoic acid would increase, because the number of grams present is being divided by a

    smaller number of moles.


    b. If the calculated value of the freezing point depression was too high, it would indicate a larger

    molality of benzoic acid than the actual value of the molality of benzoic acid of the solution. This

    larger molality of benzoic acid would then indicate more moles of benzoic acid present in the

    solution. When molecular mass is calculated based on this, the calculated value for the molecular

    mass of benzoic acid would decrease, because the number of grams present is being divided by a

    larger number of moles.

    3. Leaving some of the mixture on the thermometer will create a source of error by changing the molality

    of the solution. Being that in this solution, the acids do not disassociate, the van’t Hoff factor is one and

    therefore is negligible. Therefore all that will affect the freezing point depression is the molality of the

    solution.

    a. If the molality decreased, it would indicate fewer moles of benzoic acid present in the solution.

    When molecular mass is calculated based on this, the calculated value for the molecular mass of

    benzoic acid would increase, because the number of grams present is being divided by a smaller

    number of moles.

    b. In this scenario, the molality of the solution could not increase, because substances are being

    removed from the solution, not added.


    Lauric Acid

    Time Temperature
    (seconds) °C
    Lauric and Benzoic
    0 Acids 57
    Time30 55
    Temperature
    (Seconds)
    60 °C
    54.5
    090 69
    52
    30
    120 68
    50
    60
    150 65
    48.5
    90
    180 62
    47.5
    120
    210 59
    47
    150
    240 56.5
    46.5
    180
    270 54
    46
    210
    300 52.5
    45
    240
    330 51
    44.5
    270
    360 50
    44.5
    300
    390 48.5
    44.5
    330
    420 47.5
    44.5
    360
    450 46
    44.5
    390
    480 45
    44.5
    420
    510 44
    44.5
    450
    540 43
    44.5
    480
    570 42
    44.5
    510
    600 41
    44.5
    540
    630 40.5
    44.5
    570
    660 40
    44.5
    600
    690 39
    44.5
    630
    720 38.5
    44.5
    660
    750 38
    44.5
    690
    780 38
    44.5
    720
    810 37.5
    44.5
    750
    840 37.5
    44.5
    780
    870 37.5
    44.5
    810
    900 37.5
    44.5
    840
    930 37.5
    44.5
    960 44.5
    990 44.5
    1020 44.5
    1050 44.5
    1080 44.5
    1110 44.5
    1140 44.5
    1170 44.5
    1200 44.5

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