Question
A 0.1539 molal aqueous solution of cane sugar (mol. mass = 342 g mol–1) has a freezing point of 271 K while the freezing point of pure water is 273.15 K. What will be the freezing point of an aqueous solution containing 5 g of gluocose (mol. mass = 180 g mol–1) per 100 g of solution?
Solution
Answer:
The molality of the cane sugar, m= 0.1539m
depression in freezing point = 273.15-271
=2.15K
Since = Kfm
or Kf = /m = 2.15k/0.1539m = 13.97K/m
Now the weight of glucose , W2 = 5g
molecular mass of glucose, M2 =180g/mol
then =Kfm
=
then freezing point of solution = 273.15-3.88
=263.27K