Relative Lowering of Vapour Pressure

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Relative Lowering of Vapour Pressure: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Relative Lowering of Vapour Pressure, Molecular Mass of a Solute through Relative Lowering of Vapour Pressure & Ostwald and Wacker's Experiment etc.

Important Questions on Relative Lowering of Vapour Pressure

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The mass of a non-volatile, non-electrolyte solute (molar mass = 50 g mol-1 ) needed to be dissolved in 114 g octane to reduce its vapour pressure by 75 %, is:

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A solution X contains 12 g of urea per litre of water. Another solution Y contains 68.4 g of cane sugar per litre of water at the same temperature. What is the ratio of lowering of vapour pressure in solutions of X and Y?

N=14 u, C=12 u, O=16 u, H=1 u

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The vapour pressure of an aqueous solution of cane sugar (molar weight=342) is 756 mm at 100°C. How many grams of sugar are present per 1000 g of water? Report the answer in the nearest integer

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What is the vapour pressure of a solution containing 15.6 g of water and 1.68 g of sucrose C12H22O11 at 100° C?

Give your answer by rounding off to the nearest integer value.Molecular weight of sucrose is 342.

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The pressure of the water vapour of a solution containing a non-volatile solute is 2% below that of the vapour of pure water. Determine the molality of the solution.

Round off your answer to nearest integer value.

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An aqueous solution of 2% non-volatile solute exerts a pressure of 1.004 bar at the normal boiling point of the solvent. What is the molar mass of the solute? (Write the answer without units)

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X= Mole fraction of liquid A in liquid solution.

Y= Mole fraction of vapour A in vapour mixture.

Z is the graphical mid point between "1" & "X".

Find value of P.Y.100X. [Given :PT=450 mmHg]

If PA'=300 mm of Hg

PB=700 mm of Hg

Give your answer after multiplying with 10 and round off to the nearest integer.

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Two beaker are placed in a sealed flask. Beaker A initially contained 0.15 mol of naphthalene (non-volatile) in 117 g of benzene and beaker B initially contained 31 g of an unknown compound (non-volatile, non-electrolytic) in 117 g of benzene. At equilibrium, beaker A is found to have lost 7.8 g of weight. Assume ideal behaviour of both solutions to answer the following question.

The molar mass of solute in solution B is closest to:

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Relative vapour pressure lowering depends only on.

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Vapour pressure of solution of a non volatile solute is always

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Lowering of the vapour pressure of the solution:

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Find the value of mole fraction of the solute when vapour pressure of glucose is 750 mm Hg at 373 K in dilute solution.

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Find the correct relation between pKa1 and pKa2 of acids HA1 and HA2 (assuming they are taken in same concentration), if lowering of vapour pressure $\Delta \mathrm{P}_{1}$ of an aqueous solution of acid HA1 and $\Delta \mathrm{P}_{2}$ of an aqueous solution of acid HA2, are related as P1>P2.
 

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An ideal solution of two pure liquids A and B are having the vapour pressure of 100 and 400 torr respectively at the temperature T. The liquid solution of A and B is made up of 1 mole of each A and B. Then, find the pressure when 1 mole of mixture has been vaporised.

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The relative lowering of the vapour pressure of an aqueous solution containing a non-volatile solute is 0.0125. What is the molality of the solution?

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A solution of 2.0 g of sulphur in 100 g of CS2 has a vapour pressure of 844.9 torr. At 48oC, the vapour pressure of pure CS2 is 850 torr. Calculate the atomicity of sulphur molecule.

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If two beaker A and B are present in a closed vessel. Beaker A contains152.4 g aqueous solution of urea, containing12 g of urea. Beaker B contains 196.2 g glucose solution, containing 18 g of glucose. Both solutions allowed to attain the equilibrium. Calculate the Weight% of glucose in its solution at equilibrium.

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The vapor pressure of pure  water (Po) is 17.5mm of Hg at 20°C. Calculate the vapor pressure of the resulting solution (Ps)  when 18g of glucose is added to 178.2g of water?

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Assertion : When dry air is passed continuously through an aqueous solution of a non-volatile solute, vapour pressure of solution decreases gradually.

Reason : Some air is absorbed in the solution.