Raoult's Law
Raoult's Law: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Raoult's Law, Raoult's Law for an Ideal Solution of Two Liquid Components, Raoult's Law for a Solution Containing a Non-Volatile Solute in a Liquid, Variation of Vapour Pressure of a Mixture with Composition, etc.
Important Questions on Raoult's Law
For a binary ideal liquid solution, the variation in total vapour pressure versus composition of solution is given by which of the curves?

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

At , the vapour pressure of an ideal solution containing of liquid and of liquid is Hg. When of is added to this solution, the vapour pressure of the solution increases by . What are the respective vapour pressures (in mm ) of and in their pure states at ?

A mixture of toluene and benzene forms a nearly ideal solution. Assume and 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:

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.

For a dilute solution containing of a non-volatile non-electrolyte solution in of water, the elevation in boiling point at pressure is Assuming the concentration of solute is much lower than the concentration of the solvent, the vapor pressure of the solution is ()

Two liquids and form an ideal solution. At , vapour pressure of the solution containing mole of and mole of is . At the same temperature, if mole of is further added to this solution, vapour pressure of the solution increases by . Vapour pressure (in ) of and in their pure states will be, respectively

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

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

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

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

If Two liquids A and B which form a non-ideal solution which obey the below equation as
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 , are vapour pressures of A and B respectively mole fraction of B in liquid phase


Two volatile liquids and are mixed in a molar ratio of . The value of and are and , respectively. What is the total vapour pressure of the solution?

Which of the following mixtures will show a positive deviation from Raoult's law?

A mixture of liquid and is formed which boils at and pressure, then calculate the amount of in the above mixture if vapour pressure of pure liquid and is and , respectively, at
()

In a solution of and acetone, the mole fraction of is and the total vapor pressure is . Which of the following statements about the solution is true?
[Given: At , the vapor pressure of is and of acetone is .]

Two liquids and from an ideal solution at , vapour pressure of the solution containing mol of and mol of is . At the same temperature, if mole of is further added to this solution, Vapor pressure of the solution increases by . Vapor pressure (in mm Hg) of and in their pure states will be, respectively:

If and are the vapour pressures of the solvent and solution respectively, and are the mole fractions of the solvent and solute respectively, then

A solution is prepared containing a 2:1 mol ratio of dibromo ethane and dibromo propane . What is the total vapour pressure over the solution assuming ideal behaviour?
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