Method 1. Heat a beaker of water until it is approximately 70o
C.
2. One-quarter fill a boiling tube with lauric acid and place it in the beaker of boiling water.
3. Clamp the boiling tube in position and wait until all the lauric acid has turned to liquid.
4. Put a thermometer into the boiling tube. 5. Turn off the Bunsen burner to allow the water and lauric acid to cool. 6. Record the temperature of the lauric acid every 30 seconds until it has all returned to a solid state.
7. (a) Draw a trend graph of your results. (b) Use your graph to find out the temperature at which lauric acid freezes.
Note: The freezing point and melting point of a substance are the same temperature, e.g. water at 0o