Cyclohexane Lab Report

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The purpose of this lab was to find the molecular weight of two unknown substances by analyzing the freezing points in cyclohexane and to provide a visual representation of the freezing point depression effect. The theory of this lab is; by using measurements of mass of the unknown substances (solute) in correlation with the mass of the cyclohexane (solvent) and the freezing point constant of the solvent, you could determine the molecular weight of the solute by using the same math involved in deciding the freezing point of the solution/ The theory behind the visual of the FPD effect is that if one was to record the freezing point of a solution and two solutions of the same substances with more solute, one would see a visible drop in freezing point. The equations you needed for this lab were the freezing point formula for organic substances (ΔFp=(m)Kf) and the…show more content…
test tube to contain the solution of cyclohexane plus the unknown solute, and an empty graph. The procedure was: 1. Make an ice bath 2. Measure the test tube of pure cyclohexane 3. Measure pure solvent 4. Add the solvent to the cyclohexane 5. Take the temperature of solution before submersion 6. Submerge the test tube in the ice bath and record the temperature every thirty seconds for nine minutes, recording the temperature the solution starts to freeze at. 7. Restore the solution to the temperature it was before freezing 8. Re-do step six 9. Add more solute to the solution and repeat step six, two times 10. Repeat step nine 11. Make a graph reflecting the timed data 12. Use the changes in the freezing point, recorded mass of the solute and solvent and the freezing point constant for cyclohexane to determine the molecular weight of the unknown substances, both with and without the additions by using the change in freezing point for the organic substance
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