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germangb
Nov22-11, 04:37 PM
I have 2 solids in a tube. If i start heating the recipient, will the temperature remain the same at the melting point temperature of the substance with the highest melting point?

Borek
Nov22-11, 05:16 PM
Please elaborate, what you wrote looks cryptic to me.

Dr_Morbius
Nov22-11, 11:22 PM
The lowest melting point substance will being to melt first and maintain the test tube at a constant temperature until its completely melted and then the same thing will happen with the highest melting point substance.

Borek
Nov23-11, 02:38 AM
Note that to observe constant temperature you need quite large amount of substance. To make things more complicated a lot depends on whether the second substance doesn't dissolve in the first one.