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Explain why boiling point and melting point can be used as a way to check purity.

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Answer:

Pure solid and liquid compounds possess sharp melting and boiling points.

Step-by-step explanation:

Therefore, melting and boiling points of a compound can be used as a criteria of purity. ... Sometimes during cooling minute quantity of the substance (solid which is being purified) is added to the solution to facilitate the initial crystallisation.

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