If the boiling point elevation of an aqueous solution containing a non-volatile nonelectrolyte is 0.48◦C, what is the molality of the solution?
Answer in units of molality.
Answer in units of molality.
1 Answer
Jan 15, 2018
I got
Boiling point elevation is given by:
DeltaT_b = T_b - T_b^"*" = iK_bm ,where:
T_b is the boiling point of the solvent in the context of the solution (in""^@ "C" ), and"*" indicates pure solvent.i is the van't Hoff factor, i.e. the effective number of solute particles that have dissociated from the original solute particles.K_b = 0.512^@ "C"cdot"kg/mol" is the boiling point elevation constant of water.m is the molality of the solution in"mols solute/kg solvent" .
The solute is a nonelectrolyte, so
Therefore,
DeltaT_b = 0.48^@ "C" = (1)(0.512^@ "C"cdot"kg/mol")cdot m
=> color(blue)(m) = (0.48^@ "C")/((1)(0.512^@ "C"cdot"kg/mol"))
= color(blue)(0.93_8 " mols solute/kg solvent")