First-year chemistry students are introduced to a spreadsheet program to calculate the boiling points of a two-component solution containing a volatile solute. The boiling points are predicted by combining the Clausius-Clapeyron equation and Raoult's law. A simple experimental setup is used to measure the boiling points of solutions of varying compositions. A comparison is made between the theoretically predicted and experimentally measured boiling points.
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Citation
Viswanathan, Raji; Horowitz, Gail. J. Chem. Educ.1998 75 1124.
Keywords
introductory, high school chem, computer assisted instruction, laboratory computing, interfacing
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