Freezing Point Lab Report

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Brandon Quiroz Jiawen Yang (GY) 04/13/22 Freezing Point Depression: Lauric Acid Introduction: The freezing point of a given substance is the temperature at which it converts from a liquid to a solid. The presence of impurities in a substance can affect its freezing point by interfering with the normal molecular interactions that occur. This interference causes a greater amount of energy to be removed from the system, requiring a lower temperature for solidification of the substance. In this experiment, we attempted to find the freezing point depression of Lauric acid using LabPro. The purpose of the experiment was to find how solutes present in a substance affect the melting/freezing point. The solute present in the Lauric acid was benzoic acid, which was assumed to cause a depression in the freezing constant of the solution. Through the use of LabPro, we were able to determine the freezing point of the Lauric acid and the freezing point depression constant for the solution of Lauric acid and benzoic acid. Procedure: 1. Set up a water bath consisting of a 400 mL beaker of water at about 60-70 °C. 2. Place a test tube of pure Lauric acid in the beaker of warm water and allow it to melt. 3. Once the Lauric acid was completely melted, we placed the temperature probe inside the test tube, placed the test tube into a room temperature water bath, and began collecting data in LoggerPro.The solution was continuously stirred with the temperature probe as the data was collected. 4. Repeat once more and average the data from these two. Equations: ΔT = Kf m Kf: freezing point depression constant ΔT : Lowering of the freezing point m: molality Observations (Data Collection) :
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Discussion/Conclusion: The freezing point of the solution with a higher concentration of solute should be lower than the solution with a lesser concentration of solute. In our experiment, the solution of Lauric acid and Benzoic acid with a concentration of 1.50g BA/8.00 g LA had a freezing point of 3.27 °C/m, a freezing point 1.21°C/m lower than the solution of 0.750g BA/8.00 g LA with 4.46 °C/m. Our experiment had a percent error of 3.08%. This error could have originated from a contamination of the solutions between experiments because the temperature probe was not cleaned well enough. Also, error may have been introduced into the experiment because constant stirring of the solution was required while it was solidifying and as it solidified stirring became more difficult to perform. We were able to determine the freezing point depression constant for lauric acid using the temperature probe and the graph on the Lab Pro software. Also, calculations using the formulas- ΔT=Kfm and molality mol/kg were useful for determining the freezing point depression constant.
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