Measuring boiling points of organic liquids

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What are the 2 methods of measuring boiling point?
1) Using a distillation set up 2) Boiling a tube of the sample in a heating oil bath.
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What boiling points will pure organic liquids have?
The same boiling points as those of the corresponding organic products in data books.
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What should be noted? (something that can change the boiling point of a liquid).
Pressure
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Why is measuring boiling point not the most accurate method of identifying a substance?
Several substances may have the same boiling point.
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Where should the thermometer bulb be to get a correct measure of boiling point?
Above the level of the surface of the boiling liquid and be measuring the temperature of the saturated vapour.
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What boiling points will pure organic liquids have?

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The same boiling points as those of the corresponding organic products in data books.

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What should be noted? (something that can change the boiling point of a liquid).

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Why is measuring boiling point not the most accurate method of identifying a substance?

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Where should the thermometer bulb be to get a correct measure of boiling point?

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