☰
✕

Solutions
Question
Wired Faculty App

Show graphically that freezing point of a liquid will be depressed when a non-volatile solute is dissolved in it.

Answer

Answer:


when a non-volatile solid is added to the solvent
its vapour pressure decreases and now it would
become equal to that of solid solvent at lower
temperature. Thus, the freezing point of the
solvent decreases

Sponsor Area

Some More Questions From Solutions Chapter

Calculate the osmotic pressure in pascals exerted by a solution prepared by dissolving 1.0 g of polymer of molar mass 185,000 in 450 mL at 370C.

Suppose a solid solution is formed between two substances, one whose particles are very large and the other whose particles are very small. What kind of solid solution is this likely to be?

Amongst the following compunds identify which are insoluble, partially soluble and highly soluble in water?
(i) phenol (ii) toluene (iii) formic acid (iv) ethylene glycol (v) chloroform, (vi) pentanol.

Two liquids A and B boils at 1450C and 1900C respectively. Which of them has a higher vapour pressure at 800C ?