One reason is that glycerol boils close to 300 C and that is much higher than water. Boiling points would be much hard to obtain if they were above 100 and water was used.
Oil is a good alternative for both melting and boiling point determinations.
why do we use glycerol bath instead of water bath in melting pt determination?
if glycerol were no available, what can we use instead? suggest 3 liquids.
1. paraffin oil? right?
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