Answer to Question #175532 in General Chemistry for Ava Brooke

Question

Reading (30s) Temp (oC)

1 99.2

2 72.8

3 70.5

4 66.9

5 63.9

6 61.4

7 58.2

8 56.1

9 53.8

10 51.9

11 50.1

12 48.4

13 47.5

14 46.6

15 45.9

16 45.3

17 44.9

18 44.5

19 44.1

20 43.9

21 43.8

22 43.6

23 43.5

24 43.4

25 43.4

26 43.3

27 43.3

28 43.3

29 43.3

30 43.3

31 43.3

32 43.3

33 43.3

34 43.3

35 43.3

36 43.3

37 43.3

38 43.1

39 43

40 42.9

If the true melting point for lauric acid is 43.2 ^oC what is the percent error?

Answer 1

Freezing Point =$0.0046\%$

Melting Point $=0.00185\%$