What would be the outcome of the recrystallization of trimyristin if the followi

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What would be the outcome of the recrystallization of trimyristin if the following instructions were provided at the beginning of the Laboratory Period 2? "After standing a minimum of 24 hours, there should be a considerable quantity of crystals in the Erlenmeyer flask. Place the flask in an ice-water bath for at least 20 minutes. Isolate the crystals by brief vacuum filtration an wash them with 2 mL of acetone. Try to get the acetone to come into contact with the majority of crystals."

Just to clarify- the question is asking about the outcome of the recrystallization, not the process. If youc ould explain the thinking behind your answer, I would really appreciate it! Thanks.

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The major outcome of recrystallization is it maximizes the crystallization of trimyristin and hence minimizes the loss to waste. This is the way how the crystallization maximizes on recrystallization.

When trimyristin is crystallized for the first time, some of trimyristin is remained in the solution. Hence to crystallize trimyristin that remained in the solution, we add acetone and warm the solution so that almost all trimyristin are united. After they are united we recrystalize the slution so that the whle of the trimyristin is crystallized.

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