Pre-lab video for the determination of molar mass by freezing point depression experiment in Chem 210L, General Chemistry II, at Minnesota State University Moorhead.
@EriksJanie You probably could, but there are a couple reasons we don't: 1) making sure the setup is working with pure solvent isn't a bad idea, better to work out the kinks with only solvent; 2) the lit value may not always be what you observe with every sample of cyclohexane and every temperature probe; 3) how do you know it's cyclohexane? Yes, we try to prep the labs correctly, but sometimes the wrong reagent is put out so testing it doesn't hurt.
@EriksJanie You probably could, but there are a couple reasons we don't: 1) making sure the setup is working with pure solvent isn't a bad idea, better to work out the kinks with only solvent; 2) the lit value may not always be what you observe with every sample of cyclohexane and every temperature probe; 3) how do you know it's cyclohexane? Yes, we try to prep the labs correctly, but sometimes the wrong reagent is put out so testing it doesn't hurt.
drbodwin 2 weeks ago
So, why can't we use the lterature value of cyclohexane?
EriksJanie 2 weeks ago