Kohlrausch's Law and its Application

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Kohlrausch's Law and its Application: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Kohlrausch's Law, Applications of Kohlrausch's Law, Ostwald's Dilution Law for Weak Electrolytes & Determination of Solubility of a Sparingly Soluble Salt etc.

Important Questions on Kohlrausch's Law and its Application

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The law that states about independent migration of ions is:

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Find the solubility product of a saturated solution of Ag 2 CrO 4   at 298 K in water if the emf of the cell  Ag Ag + Ag 2 CrO 4 Ag + 0 .1 M Ag s is 0.164 V at 298 K.

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Electrolyte KCl KNO3 HCl NaOAc NaCl
 S cm2 mol-1 149.9 145.0 426.2 91.0 126.5


Calculate  Λ o HOAC  at infinite dilution in   H 2 O at   25°C :

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The molar conductance and the specific conductance of an electrolyte are related by the formula

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0.05 M NaOH offered a resistance of 31.2 ohm in a conductivity cell having a cell constant of 0.38 cm-1. Calculate the molar conductivity of NaOH solution.

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Which statement is not correct for Kohlrausch law?

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If the value of molar conductivities at infinite dilution for CH3COOHHCl and NaCl are 390.5, 425.4 and 126.4 S cm2mol-1 respectively at 298 K. Calculate the molar conductivity at infinite dilution of CH3COONa in S cm2mol-1. (Just mention the value, no requirement of units in the answer).

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The molar conductivity of a solution of a weak acid HX (0.01 M) is 10 times smaller than the molar conductivity of a solution of a weak acid HY (0.10 M). If λ°X-=λ°Y-, the difference in their pKa values, pKa(HX)-pKa(HY), is (consider degree of ionization of both acids to be <<1)

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The pH of a 0.1 molar solution of the acid HQ is 3 . The value of the ionisation constant, Ka of this acid is :

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The molar conductivities of KCl, NaCl and KNO3 at infinite dilution are 152, 128 and 111 Scm2 mol1 respectively. The molar conductivity of NaNO3 at infinite dilution is :-

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The specific conductance of AgCl solution in water was determined to be 1.8 × 106 Ω1 cm1 at 298K. The molar conductances at infinite dilution of Ag+Cl are 67.9 & 82.1 Ω-11cm2mol1. What is  the solubility of AgCl in water ?

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The maximum molar conductivities of X+3 and Y- ions are 200 and 100 S cm2 mol-1 respectively. The molar conductivity of XY3 at infinite dilution is :-

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The specific conductance of a saturated AgCl solution is found to be 1.86×10-6 S cm-1 and that for water is 6.0×10-8 S cm-1. The molar conductance of AgCl at infinite dilution is 180 S cm2mol-1. The solubility of AgCl is:

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The equivalent conductances at infinite dilution Λ0 for electrolytes BA and CA are 140 and 120 S cm2 eq-1. The equivalent conductance at infinite dilution for BX is 198 S cm2 eq-1. The Λ0(in S cm2 eq-1 of CX is :-

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For saturated solution of Ag2CrO4 at infinite dilution λmAg+=120ohm-1cm2 mol-1 andλmCrO42-=260  ohm-1 cm2 mol-1  specific conductance of solution is 2×10-2 ohm-1 cm-1 Calculate the solubility product of Ag2CrO4 :-

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If equivalent conductance of 1 M benzoic acid is 12.8 ohm -1cm2eq-1 and the equivalent conductance of benzoate ion and H+ ion at infinite dilution are 42 and 288.42 ohm-1 cm2eq-1 respectively then its degree of dissociation is :-

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The resistance of 0.1 N solution of formic acid is 200 ohm and cell constant is 2.0 cm-1. The equivalent conductivity (in S cm2 eq-1) of 0.1 N formic acid is :-

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The molar conductivity of acetic acid at infinite dilution is 390.7 Scm2mol-1. Conductivity of  0.1 M acetic acid solution is 5.2 Scm2 mol-1, find out degree of dissociation of acetic acid :-

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Consider the galvanic cell, Pt(s)H2(1 bar)HCl(aq)(1 M)Cl(1 bar)Pt(s). After running the cell for sometime, the concentration of the electrolyte is automatically raised to 3 M HCl. Molar conductivity of the 3 M HCl is about 240 S cm2 mol-1 and limiting molar conductivity of HCl is about 420 S cm2mol-1. If Kb of water is 0.52 K kg mol-1, calculate the boiling point of the electrolyte at the end of the experiment.

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At 25°C the molar conductance of 0.007 M hydrofluoric acid is 150 mho cm2 mol-1 and its Λ°m=500 mho cm2 mol-1. The value of the dissociation constant of the acid at the given concentration at 25°C is