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Following is a list of mistakes commonly made during recrystallizations. Match each of them with their unfortunate results.

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don't premoisten the filter paper in a Buchner funnel

E.

weight of crystals will be wrong (inaccurate, higher yield)

rinse crystals with solvent that isn't ice cold

A.

water can be drawn into the evacuated filter flask

to stop a vacuum filtration, turn off the water

B.

crystals may pass through the funnel with the filtrate

vacuum filter a hot solution

C.

solvent will rapidly boil under reduced pressure

forget to remove the boiling chips

D.

crystals will dissolve (lower yield)

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