Melting Point Determination

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| |Experiment Number 3 | |
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Determination of an Unknown Compound using Mixed Melting Point Method

Winnie Adrian Ibanez, Jerome Allan Japitana, and Dante Jimenez III
Group no. 7, 2Chem

a Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Santo Tomas,
España, Manila, 1015, Philippines

|ARTICLE INFO |ABSTRACT |
|Article history: |Keywords: |An unknown compound was determined by means of observing the melting point range of the given solid. |
|Date: July 4, 2013 |Melting point |Different organic compound with their melting point range was listed to confirm the identity of the |
| |Capillary tube |unknown. Each researcher paired to another student with melting point within the range of 4oC and |
|*Corresponding author: |Error range |mixed their compound thoroughly to confirm the identity of their unknown. Based on the melting point |
|E-mail address: |Trans-cinnamic acid |range table, the unknown compound was determined to be a trans-cinnamic acid. |
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Introduction:
Identifying an unknown compound can be a difficult task. In identifying a compound, researchers often measure several

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