Answer to Question #125710 in General Chemistry for Owais

Question

you and your lab partner take the melting points of the same sample,you observe a melting point of 101-106C while your partner observes a value of 108-110C.Explain how you can get two different values with exactly the same sample

Answer 1

The sample could have melted too quickly where both lab partners saw the sample melt at different times, the apparatus should have been cooled off enough where the sample could melt

at its regular melting point