Lauric Acid Lab Report

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The purpose of this lab was to determine the melting/freezing point of a fatty acid and compare it to the melting/freezing point of a different fatty acid. We tested Lauric Acid and compared it to Stearic Acid. To do this we put a vial with some solid Lauric acid under a Bunsen burner. In the acid we placed a LabQuest temperature probe to read the temperature four times a minute. We then heated the vial using the Bunsen burner and collected our data. When the Lauric acid was liquid we turned off the burner and submerged the acid in cool water, keeping the temperature probe in the liquid acid so it could read the temperature as it decreased. We observed steam in the vial at 4 minutes. During this experiment we observed the fatty acid started