Lowering of Vapour Pressure

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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

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Hoar frost is -

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An ideal solution is made up of two volatile liquids A and B (p=125 torr, P = 46.3 torr) As the pressure is reduced, first vapour appears at 70 torr. Thus, mole fraction of the liquid A in the mixture is?

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

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6 g of urea is dissolved in 90 g of water. The relative lowering of vapour pressure is equal to 

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80 mole percent of MgCl2 is dissociated in aqueous solution. The vapour pressure of 1.0 molal aqueous solution of MgCl2 at 38oC is _____ mm Hg. (Nearest integer)

Given: Vapour pressure of water at 38oC is 50 mm Hg

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What weight of glucose must be dissolved in 100 g of water to lower the vapour pressure by 0.20 mm Hg?
(Assume dilute solution is being formed)
Given: Vapour pressure of pure water is 54.2 mm Hg at room temperature.Molar mass of glucose is 180 g mol-1

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Mass of Urea NH2CONH2 required to be dissolved in 1000 g of water in order to reduce the vapour pressure of water by 25% is _______ g. (Nearest integer)

Given : Molar mass of N, C, O and H are 14, 12, 16 and 1 g mol-1 respectively.

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Lowering of vapour pressure of 30% of aqueous solution of glucose (in mm Hg)

Given: PH2O= 760 mm of Hg

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Some amount of urea is added to 1000 gm of H2O due to which the vapour pressure decreases by the 25% of the original vapour pressure. Find out the mass of urea added 

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The relative lowering of vapour pressure of 1% solution of aniline in ether was 0.007. Calculate the molecular weight of aniline.

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If 8 g of a non-electrolyte solute is dissolved in 114 g of n-octane to reduce its vapour pressure to 80%, the molar mass (in g mol-1) of the solute is [Given that molar mass of n-octane is 114 g mol-1].

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What is Raoult's law?

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Vapour pressure of water is 360 mm Hg, how much urea should be added to 200 ml. water to reduce its vapour pressure by 0.5%? (Molecular weight of urea=60)

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30 g of non volatile solute is dissolved in 360 g of water at 100°C, if the vapour pressure of solution is  570 mm of mercury then calculate molar mass of solute​.

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2 g of each solute A and B (molar mass A>B) are dissolved separately in 20 g each of the same solvents. Which will show the greater lowering in vapour pressure and why?

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

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The vapour pressure of ethanol is 115 torr at 34.9°C. if ΔHvap  of ethanol is 38.6 kJ/mol. Calculate the temp. C when then vapour pressure is 760 torr.

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The vapour pressure of ethanol is 115 torr at 34.9°C if Hvap of ethanol is 38.6 kJ/mol. Calculate the temperature °C when the vapour pressure is 760 torr. [Use relation T K =t°C+273]

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

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