Raoult's Law

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Raoult's Law: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Raoult's Law, Raoult's Law for an Ideal Solution of Two Liquid Components, Lowering of Vapour Pressure & Calculation of Composition of Liquid and Vapour in a Solution etc.

Important Questions on Raoult's Law

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For a binary ideal liquid solution, the variation in total vapour pressure versus composition of solution is given by which of the curves?

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Raoult's law becomes a special case of Henry's law when KH=p0. In this equation, KH is 

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At  80C , the vapour pressure of pure liquid 'A' is 520mmHg and that of pure liquid 'B' is 1000mmHg. If a mixture solution of 'A' and 'B' boils at 80C and 1 atm pressure, the amount of 'A' in the mixture is:
( 1atm=760mmHg )

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The vapour pressures of pure benzene and toluene are 160 and 60mm Hg respectively. The mole fraction of benzene is vapour phase in contact with equimolar solution of benzene and toluene is

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At 100°C, benzene and toluene have a vapour pressure of 600 torr and 1000 torr respectively. Assuming ideal behaviour of solution, calculate the mole fraction of benzene in a solution that boils at 1 atm and 100°C.

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The vapour pressure of two pure liquids A and B, which from an ideal solution are 1000 and 1600 torr respectively, at 400 K. A liquid solution of A and B for which the mole fraction of A is 0.60 is contained in a cylinder by a piston on which the pressure can be varied. The solution is slowly vaporised at 400 K by decreasing the applied pressure. What is the composition of last droplet of liquid remaining in equilibrium with vapour?

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A mixture of toluene and benzene forms a nearly ideal solution. Assume PB° and PT° to be the vapor pressures of pure benzene and toluene, respectively. The slope of the line obtained by plotting the total vapor pressure to the mole fraction of benzene is:

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In the pressure vs. the mole fraction of benzene curves/lines shown below, the total vapour pressure of an ideal mixture of benzene and toluene will follow the curve/line.

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Vapour pressure of benzene is 200 mm Hg. When 2g of non-volatile solute is dissolved in 78g benzene, benzene solution has vapour pressure 195 mm Hg. Calculate the molar mass of the solute in gmol-1( molar mass of benzene = 78gmol-1).

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Liquids 'A' and 'B' form an ideal solution. If the mole - fraction of 'A' in liquid and vapour forms at equilibrium is 0.4 and 0.6, respectively, the value of 4×PA0PB0 is:

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_____ law which states that for a solution of volatile liquids, the partial vapour pressure of each component of the solution is directly proportional to its mole fraction present in solution.

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The following is a graph plotted between the vapour pressure of two volatile liquids against their respective mole fractions.

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Which of the following statement is correct ?

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For a dilute solution containing 2.5 g of a non-volatile non-electrolyte solution in 100 g of water, the elevation in boiling point at 1atm pressure is 2°C. Assuming the concentration of solute is much lower than the concentration of the solvent, the vapor pressure of the solution is (Kb = 0.76 K kg mol-1)

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Two liquids X and Y form an ideal solution. At 300 K, vapour pressure of the solution containing 1 mole of X and 3 mole of Y is 550 mm Hg. At the same temperature, if1  mole of Y is further added to this solution, vapour pressure of the solution increases by10 mm Hg . Vapour pressure (in mm Hg) of X and Y in their pure states will be, respectively

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The vapours pressure of pure components X and Y are 200 torr and 100 torr respectively. Assuming a solution of these components obeys Raoult's law, the mole fraction of component X in the vapours phase in equilibrium with a solution containing equimolecular of X and Y is

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Which of the following units is most useful in relating concentration of solution with its vapour pressure?

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When partial pressure of solvent in solution of non-volatile solute is plotted against its mole fraction, nature of graph is

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Partial pressure of solvent (mole fraction=x1) in solution of non-volatile solute (mole fraction=x2) is given by equation,

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If Two liquids A and B which form a non-ideal solution which obey the  below equation as PT=PA0+3(PB0PA0)XB+2(PA0PB0)XB2.

Calculate the exact composition (by mole) when this mixture boils without change in composition at a definite temperature of an equimolar mixture of A and B is distilled, Where PA0 and PB0 , (PB0>PA0) are vapour pressures of A and B respectively XB= mole fraction of B in liquid phase

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Maximum boiling azeotrope will be formed by-