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A student found that the weight of the naphthalene collected was less than the weight determined by difference. what would account for the smaller amount of naphthalene collected?

Respuesta :

The main reasons for the smaller amount of naphthalene collected are as follows:

1. In the heating process some naphthalene escaped.

2. Some amount of naphthalene lost during procedure like transfer or weighting  


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Answer:

Because of naphthalene's volatility

Explanation:

Naphthalene is very volatile, meaning that a small quantity of it will change to gas state and because of this the two meditions are different.

Due to this phenomenom:

[tex]w_{determined} = w_{collected} + w_{volatilized}[/tex]

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