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If your sample contained a volatile impurity, what value would be in error

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A volatile impurity, is an impurity that evaporates quickly, so, if you were to conduct an experiment on a substance with this type of impurity, the evaporation point, and the mass of the substance at high temperatures would be in error. 
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