Briefly explain why you should not add boiling chips to a boiling liquid. Briefl

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Briefly explain why you should not add boiling chips to a boiling liquid. Briefly explain how and why you should position a thermometer in the distillation head during distillation. What is the purpose of the outer jacket on a fractionating column? How is the rate of heating adjusted when using a sand bath as a heat source? What effect does an increase in the heating rate have on the boiling temperature during a distillation? As molecules move up a fractionating column, they condense and then revaporize During which of these steps is the concentration of the more volatile compound of the mixture increased? Briefly explain.

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Ans 1. If we add boiling chips to a boiling liquid , then , a very large amount of liquid can be vapourized all at once , if the liquid is reached near its boiling point or at its boiling point .So, it will result in large explosion of boiling liquid and all the hot liquid can be splashed over us .So, for safety considerations , we must not add boiling chips to a boiling liquid .

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