Lowering of Vapour Pressure
Lowering of Vapour Pressure: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as variation of vapour pressure with temperature, partial vapour pressure, Raoult's law, raoult's law for a solution containing a non-volatile solute in a liquid, etc.
Important Questions on Lowering of Vapour Pressure

An ideal solution is made up of two volatile liquids () As the pressure is reduced, first vapour appears at torr. Thus, mole fraction of the liquid A in the mixture is?

Which of the following plots does not represent the behaviour of an ideal binary liquid solution?

of urea is dissolved in of water. The relative lowering of vapour pressure is equal to

mole percent of is dissociated in aqueous solution. The vapour pressure of molal aqueous solution of at is _____ . (Nearest integer)
Given: Vapour pressure of water at is

What weight of glucose must be dissolved in of water to lower the vapour pressure by ?
(Assume dilute solution is being formed)
Given: Vapour pressure of pure water is at room temperature.Molar mass of glucose is

Mass of Urea required to be dissolved in of water in order to reduce the vapour pressure of water by is (Nearest integer)
Given : Molar mass of and are and respectively.

Lowering of vapour pressure of of aqueous solution of glucose (in mm Hg)
Given:

Some amount of urea is added to of due to which the vapour pressure decreases by the of the original vapour pressure. Find out the mass of urea added

The relative lowering of vapour pressure of solution of aniline in ether was . Calculate the molecular weight of aniline.

If of a non-electrolyte solute is dissolved in of n-octane to reduce its vapour pressure to, the molar mass (in ) of the solute is [Given that molar mass of n-octane is ].


Vapour pressure of water is , how much urea should be added to . water to reduce its vapour pressure by ? (Molecular weight of urea)

of non volatile solute is dissolved in of water at , if the vapour pressure of solution is of mercury then calculate molar mass of solute.

of each solute and (molar mass ) are dissolved separately in each of the same solvents. Which will show the greater lowering in vapour pressure and why?

Derive the relationship between the relative lowering of vapour pressure and the mole fraction of the volatile liquid.

The vapour pressure of ethanol is torr at . if of ethanol is . Calculate the temp. when then vapour pressure is torr.

The vapour pressure of ethanol is at if of ethanol is . Calculate the temperature when the vapour pressure is . [Use relation ]

Show that relative lowering of vapour pressure for a solution is equal to the mole fraction of the solute when solvent alone is volatile.

Derive the relationship between the relative lowering of vapour pressure and the mole fraction of the non-volatile solute.
