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Thursday, September 29, 2022

Van’t Hoff Factor

In 1886, Van’t Hoff introduced a factor 'i' called Van’t Hoff factor to express the extent of association
or dissociation of solute in solution.
Related Questions;
(1) calculate weight of urea which must be dissolved in 400 gm of water so that final has V.P. 2% than V.P. of pure water?

(2) 10 gm of a solute is dissolved in 80 gm of acetone V.P. of solution is 271 mm Hg. If V.P. of pure acetone is 283 mm of Hg. calculate molar mass of solute.

(3) Vapour pressure of a solution containing 6 gm of non volatile solute in 180 gm of water is 20 torr/mmHg. If 1 mole of water is further added in to the V.P. increases by 0.02 torr. calculate the V.P. of pure water and molecular wt of the non volatile solute.

(4) An aqueous solution has 5% urea and 10% glucose by weight. what will be the freezing point of this solution ? ( Kf = 1.86 K Kg per mole)

(5) Acetic acid dimerised to an extent of 30% in benzene . The observed molecular mass (in gm) is...

(6) How much ice will separate if a solution containing 25 g of ethylene glycol [C2H4(OH) 2] in 100g of water is cooled to 10°C? Kf(H2O) = 1.86 (25.05 g)

(7) The dielectric con stant of H2O is 80. The electrostatic force of attraction between Na+ and Cl–will be.

(8) The van't Hoff's factor for 0.1 M Ba(NO3)2 solution is 2.74. the degree of dissociation is.















Colligative Properties

These are the properties that depend on the concentration of solute molecule or ions in solution but not on the chemical identity of the solute. 

For example, addition of ethylene glycol to water lowers the freezing point of water below 0°C. 

The magnitude of freezing point lowering is directly proportional to the number of solute molecules added to a particular quantity of solvent. 

(1) If 0.01 mole of ethylene glycol is added to 1 kg of water, the freezing point is lowered to - 0.019°C while

(2)  On adding 0.020 mole of ethylene glycol to 1 kg of water, the freezing point is lowered to -0.038°C. 

The various colligative properties are 

(1) Relative lowering of vapour pressure 

(2) Osmotic pressure 

(3) Elevation of boiling point 

(4) Depression of freezing point 


Henry's law constant for CO2​ in water is 1.67×10^8 Pa at 298K. Calculate the quantity of CO2​ in 500 ml of soda water when packed under 2.5 atm CO2​ pressure at 298K.