
- Remove the boiling tube of stearic acid from
the water bath - Place the tube into a beaker of room
temperature water - Add a separate thermometer to the water
- Take readings from the thermometer in the
stearic acid and the water every minute
[Make sure to avoid parallax error while doing so] - Note readings in the table below
- Note on the table when you observe the stearic
acid change from a liquid to a solid. - Plot your results in a graph