SOLUTIONS
Q1) What is meant by ‘reverse osmosis? Give its application. 1
Q2) A 1.00 molal aqueous solution of trichloroacetic acid (CCl3COOH) is heated to its boiling point.
The solution has the boiling point of 100.18°C. Determine the van’t Hoff factor for trichloroacetic acid.
(Kb for water = 0.512 K kg mol-1) 1
Q3) Explain why aquatic species are more comfortable in cold water rather than in warm water. 1
Q4) 18 g of glucose, C6H12O6 (Molar mass – 180 g mol-1) is dissolved in 1 kg of water in a sauce pan.
At what temperature will this solution boil? (Kb for water = 0.52 K kg mol-1, boiling point of pure water =
373.15 K) 2
Q5) On mixing liquid X and liquid Y, volume of the resulting solution decreases. What type of
deviation from Raoult’s law is shown by the resulting solution? What change in temperature would you
observe after mixing liquids X and Y?
(ii) What happens when we place the blood cell in water (hypotonic solution) 2
Q6) A solution of glycerol (C3H8O3; molar mass = 92 g mol-1) in water was prepared by dissolving
some glycerol in 500 g of water. This solution has a boiling point of 100.42 °C. What mass of glycerol
was dissolved to make this solution? Kb for water = 0.512 K kg mol-1. 2
Q7) Calculate the amount of KCl which must beadded to 1 kg of water so that the freezing point is
depressed by 2K. (Kf for water = 1.86 K kg mol-1) 2
Q8) The partial pressure of ethane over a saturated solution containing 6.56 × 10-2 g of ethane is 1
bar. If the solution contains 5.0 × 10-2 g of ethane, then what will be the partial pressure of the gas? 2
Q9) Calculate the mass of a non-volatile solute (molecular mass 40 g mol-1) that should be dissolved
in 114 g of octane to reduce its pressure to 80%. 2
Q11) An aqueous solution of 2 percent non-volatile solute exerts a pressure of 1.004 bar at the boiling
point of the solvent. What is the molecular mass of the solute?
[Vapour pressure of water = 1.013 bar] 2
Q11) At 300 K,36 g glucose present per litre in its solution has osmotic pressure of 4·98 bar. If the
osmotic pressure of solution is 1·52 bar at the same temperature,what would be its concentration 2
Q12) 3.9 g of benzoic acid dissolved in 49 g of benzene shows a depression in freezing point of 1.62
K. Calculate the Van’t Hoff factor and predict the nature of solute (associated or dissociated).
(Given : Molar mass of benzoic acid = 122 g mol-1, Kf for benzene = 4.9 K kg mol-1) 3
Q13) 100g of liquid A (molar mass 140 g mol-1) was dissolved in 1000g of liquid B (molar mass 180g
mol-1). The vapour pressure of pure liquid B was found to be 500 torr. Calculate the vapour pressure
of pure liquid A and its vapour pressure in the solution if the total vapour pressure of the solution is
475 torr. 3
Q14) Two elements A and B form compounds having formula AB2 and AB4. When dissolved in 20g of
benzene (C6H6), 1 g of AB2 lowers the freezing point by 2.3 K whereas 1.0 g of AB4 lowers it by 1.3 K.
The molar depression constant for benzene is 5.1 K kg mol-1. Calculate atomic masses of A and B. 3
Q15) Calculate the freezing point of solution when 1.9 g of MgCl2 (M = 95 g mol-1) was
dissolved in 50 g of water, assuming MgCl2 undergoes complete ionization.
(Kf for water = 1.86 K kg mol-1)
(b) (i) Out of 1 M glucose and 2 M glucose, which one has a higher boiling point and why? 3
