To find the melting point of a solid do I take the enthalpy of fusion divided by entropy of fusion?

1 Answer
May 16, 2018

To find the melting point of a solid....

Explanation:

...you simply measure it....and for organic chemistry this remains the principal means to identify an unknown material. Get the unknown, get an idea of what class of compound it is, make a few derivatives, and then compare the melting points of the derivatives with the literature...