Melting Points and the Properties of a Mixture

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Melting Points and the Properties of a Mixture Abstract: This paper will show how the different compositions of Urea and Cinnamic acid affect its melting point range. We will see that 10 different compositions of urea and Cinnamic acid gives different melting point ranges. Introduction: The purpose of this experiment is to observe how the composition of a solid organic sample affects its melting point range using mixtures. In this experiment we used a mixture of Urea and Cinnamic acid. Urea is an organic compound with the chemical formula (NH2) CO 2. It is highly soluble in water and therefore, a good way for the human body to expel excess nitrogen.Cinnamic acid has the formula C6H5CHCHCOOH; is a white crystallin acid slightly soluble in water. Materials: This lab consisted of two solid organic compounds Urea and Cinnamic acid. It also consisted of the Mel-temp, a pestle, a spatula, a balance weighed in mg, and tubes to put the organic compounds in. Procedures: First, we were each assigned a group number. We were assigned group number 12 from which .080 grams of Urea and .020g Cinnamic acid was weighed. (Figure 1 and 2 illustrates the skeletal structures of these two solid organic compounds). The two solids were then placed in a vial and mixed together with a spatula, until the mixture looked like a homogeneous mixture. Then a small amount of the mixture was added to each of three melting point capillary tubes. Then one of the capillary tubes was put into the Mel-temp, so a fast run could be made to determine the melting point range. So, for the fast run the temperature was set at a high degree on the Mel-temp so the mixture could melt faster. Then we observe and record the initial temperature of when we begin to see signs of the mixture melting, and record the final temperature of when the solid mixture has turned into

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