Boiling Point Elevation? How Might This Have Affected Your Results

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What is boiling point elevation? How might this have affected your results?
Boiling point elevation is the event in which the boiling point of a liquid becomes higher because of an added compound. Ultimately, the boiling point of the solution obtains a higher boiling point than a pure solvent like water. For the lab that was conducted, the solvent that was used was tap water and that itself contained numerous minerals dissolved in it and a variety of chemicals. Boiling point elevation is heavily dependent on the amount of dissolved particles within the solvent. Within the tap water, there were minerals like salt which is an electrolyte and creates an electrically conducted reaction when dissolved in water and this process affects the vapor

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