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  1. Feb 2025
    1. .153 molal concentration of lauric and benzoic acid were melted, and thetemperature was measured for its freezing points. Its freezing point was subtracted fromthe freezing point of the lauric acid and the change in temperature was calculated to be1.6 degrees Celsius..313 molal concentration of lauric and benzoic acid were melted, and thetemperature was measured for its freezing points. Its freezing point was subtracted fromthe freezing point of the lauric acid and the change in temperature was calculated to be1.9 degrees Celsius..457 molal concentration of lauric and benzoic acid were melted, and thetemperature was measured for its freezing points. Its freezing point was subtracted fromthe freezing point of the lauric acid and the change in temperature was calculated to be2.8 degrees Celsius..625 molal concentration of lauric and benzoic acid were melted, and thetemperature was measured for its freezing points. Its freezing point was subtracted fromthe freezing point of the lauric acid and the change in temperature was calculated to be2.3 degrees Celsius..767 molal concentration of lauric and benzoic acid were melted, and thetemperature was measured for its freezing points. Its freezing point was subtracted fromthe freezing point of the lauric acid and the change in temperature was calculated to be6.9 degrees Celsius..915 molal concentration of lauric and benzoic acid were melted, and thetemperature was measured for its freezing points. Its freezing point was subtracted fromthe freezing point of the lauric acid and the change in temperature was calculated to be4.4 degrees Celsius.

      None of this is really needed. You don't need to describe each individual temperature as it is not needed.

    2. The tube was clamped andsubmerged into 400 mL beaker filled with water on a hot plate.

      Describe filling the beaker. Tap water, heater was put on full and turned down when water began to boil, etc.

    3. Bysubtracting the freezing point of the mixture and the freezing point of the pure solventthe change in freezing point was determined and the freezing point constant wascalculated

      Don't describe that something was calculated. Just strictly say the goal and how it as completed.

    1. 51.3% which shows inaccurate data. Similarly, the R2 value for the best fit line is 0.5842which is far from a perfect linear graph of 1.0. This shows that the data is fairlyimprecise and does not really falling into a linear pattern.

      You could use accuracy and precision to describe percent error compared to r^2.

    2. After the test tube wasremoved from the water and a temperature probe was placed into the hot lauric acid

      I see what this sentence is trying to say but I had to read it a couple times. Could take out "and" and replace with a comma.

    3. In this lab, the freezing temperatures of both lauric acid as well as a lauric acidsolution were compared. This value could then be compared to find theฮ”Tf value atdifferent concentrations. The data could then be plotted and Kf could be obtained

      What sis the exact goal of this experiment? If I didn't have this lab packet I wouldn't understand why the data was being compared.

    4. Then m is themolality of the solution, this is the moles of solute per kg of solvent

      Make this two sentences or "m is the molality of the solution which is moles of solute per kg" just so the sentence flows better.

  2. Jan 2025
    1. Our results were veryinaccurate. Other peers conducting the lab got a much higher ฮ”T value

      Stated that results were off but didn't give a strong explanation of why. Try to stay away from "other peers got higher value"

    2. Equation 7 was divided by 2. Equation 5 was inverted. Equation 6 was notmanipulated. The sum of species formed Equation 4.

      A lot of equations being thrown into two sentences with minimal explanation as to why or what equation was used for.

    3. The mass of the liquid/solution is measured. The mass of a reactant orobject is always recorded. The temperature of the liquid is measured in the beginning. After adding amaterial with a differing temperature or one that produces a chemical reaction, the temperature ofthe liquid is measured at the end

      Unnecessary to use in intro section. Doesn't tie into this section.

    4. Where q = energy (joules), m =mass of heated material (grams), c = the specific heater capacity of the heated material (J/gโ€ขยฐC), andฮ”T = change in temperature of heated material (ยฐC). ฮ”T is calculated by taking the final temperatu

      Good job explaining equation.

    1. Magnesium Heat Capacity Determination

      A lot of different section going on and gets hard to follow. Stick to intro, methods, and results and discussions. Use subheadings to split up sections if needed.

    2. endothermic reaction. In the case that the system (reaction) releasesheat to the surroundings, it would be considered an exothermic reaction.

      Good explanation.