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    Experiment 6 (Melting Point)

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    The document outlines procedures for determining the melting point of organic compounds. The objectives are to verify purity and determine melting points. Benzoic acid is tested, with a literature melting point of 122°C and an experimental melting point between 100-120°C. Pure compounds typically have a narrow melting range, while impurities broaden the range and lower the melting point. Formation of interconnected atomic networks leads to higher melting points.

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    The document outlines procedures for determining the melting point of organic compounds. The objectives are to verify purity and determine melting points. Benzoic acid is tested, with a literature melting point of 122°C and an experimental melting point between 100-120°C. Pure compounds typically have a narrow melting range, while impurities broaden the range and lower the melting point. Formation of interconnected atomic networks leads to higher melting points.

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    The document outlines procedures for determining the melting point of organic compounds. The objectives are to verify purity and determine melting points. Benzoic acid is tested, with a literature melting point of 122°C and an experimental melting point between 100-120°C. Pure compounds typically have a narrow melting range, while impurities broaden the range and lower the melting point. Formation of interconnected atomic networks leads to higher melting points.

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    The document outlines procedures for determining the melting point of organic compounds. The objectives are to verify purity and determine melting points. Benzoic acid is tested, with a literature melting point of 122°C and an experimental melting point between 100-120°C. Pure compounds typically have a narrow melting range, while impurities broaden the range and lower the melting point. Formation of interconnected atomic networks leads to higher melting points.

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    Objectives

    To verify the purity of some organic compounds


    through their melting point
    To determine the melting points of various
    organic compounds
    To master and understand the procedures for
    determining the melting point of an organic
    compound
    Seal one Record the
    end of the temperature
    when the
    capillary
    tube by
    Assem Benzoic acid
    starts to melt
    heating in ble and the
    Bunsen the temperature
    flame at which it
    Put set-up completely
    Benzoic
    melts.
    Acid in
    the
    Heat
    capillar
    Results and
    Observation
    Test Compound Formula Melting Melting Melting
    Point Point Point
    (Literature) (Experimen Range
    tal)

    (T1+T2)/2
    Benzoic Acid C6H5COO 122 °C 110°C 100-120 °C
    H
    Upon heating, Benzoic Acid appears moist, or
    a tiny drop of liquid is observed which on
    Benzoic Acid insideprolonged
    Initial Melting ofheating liquified.
    the Capillary Tube the sample Midway Melted sample
    Benzoic Acid starts to melt at 100 °C and
    melts completely at 120 °C.
    •The melting point is defined as the temperature at which the solid and liquid phases of
    the compound are in equilibrium under an external pressure of one atmosphere. At this
    temperature , the solid particles have acquired enough energy to overcome the attractive
    forces that hold them together. Thus, the crystals, with strong binding forces would tend
    to have higher melting points.

    •A solid is said to melt sharply if the melting point range is 0.5-1.0°C (narrow melting
    point). A pure solid will generally melt sharply because the forces of attraction between
    its particles are the same. However, the presence of a foreign particle in a crystal lattice
    interrupts its uniform structure and the forces of attraction are weakend.
    Organic compound has low melting point
    Pure compounds were seen to have a narrow melting range, while
    impurities were seen to cause the melting range to become lower
    and broader.
    The presence of a soluble impurity almost always causes a
    decrease in the melting point expected for the pure compound and
    a broadening of the melting point range. Melting point could lead
    to conclude that the mixture is a pure compound or none.
    It is the formation of a network of interconnected atoms that
    makes for the high melting point while those compounds which do
    not form networks have low melting point.
    References:
    Book
    Nedungadi P., Raman R. & Mcgregor M. (2013,
    October). Enhanced STEM learning with Online Labs:
    Empirical study comparing physical labs, tablets and
    desktops. In Frontiers in Education Conference, 2013
    IEEE (pp. 1585-1590). IEEE.

    Online
    Amrita.olabs.edu.in,. (2013). Melting Point of an
    Organic Compound. Retrieved. 10 March 2019, from
    amrita.olabs.edu.in/?sub=73&brch=7&sim=33&cnt=1

    Tabangan, J. (2016, January 29). Melting Point


    Determination. Retrieved from www.academia.edu
    Nicholas, L. (2019, February 10). Step-by-Step
    Procedure for melting point determination. Retrieved
    from chem.libretexts.org

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