Unknown Fatty Acid Lab Report

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Today’s experiment was conducted to determine the molecular weight of an unknown fatty acid based on the freezing point depression. In order to do this we needed to heat about 9 grams of Stearic acid to a temperature of 85 degrees C, through the means of a water bath. After heating the stearic acid, we remove it from the hot water bath and stirred it until the temperature did not fluctuate more than .1 degrees for 4 readings. This allowed us to determine the freezing point for pure stearic acid. Next we added about 1 gram of an unknown fatty acid and repeated the same steps as above. Finally, we added another 1 gram of the same unknown fatty acid, making a total of about 2 grams, and repeated the same procedure.
For the trial where an unknown

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