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After recrystallizing an impure sample of benzoic acid, a student scratched it off the filter paper...

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After recrystallizing an impure sample of benzoic acid, astudent scratched it off the filter paper and took a melting point.Most of the compound melted between 121 and 122 degrees Celsius. Asmall amount remained un-melted even at temperatures above 200degrees celsius. Explain this behavior.

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The reason for this depressionbroadening is that contaminants disrupt the consistency and organization of the crystal lattice at the molecular level Contaminants dont fit correctly into what would be the normal pure lattice 1 The disruption    See Answer
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