Question

1a. A researcher accidentally spilled some sand into his beaker containing crystalline compound X. Knowing what he did about melting points, he was not worried about obtaining the melting point of compound X with a few grains of sand present. Why

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

Many organic compounds have low melting points. This is due to the fact that many of these compounds are non polar.

However, compound X is slightly polar but still has a melting point which is far less than that of sand composed of a high melting point inorganic material.

Since sand has a much higher melting point compared to compound X, the researcher need not be worried that sand was spilled into his beaker.