how to determine the melting point of wax using cooling curve?

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anonymous · Answer

According to what I just read, you can't have a fixed/constant melting temperature for a mixed substance (mixture) like wax.

kainui · Answer

So when something like water is cooled and turns into solid ice, this is going from liquid to solid phase. Since melting and freezing are just opposite processes, you know that wherever the liquid wax turns to solid wax must be the same melting area too!

Substances generally have a melting range, not a melting point. So when something melts it begins to become liquid at one temperature and then at a higher temperature completely liquifies. So conversely, the point where the liquid first starts to solidify and where it becomes completely solid are these same points.