Molecular Masses and Colligative Properties

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Molecular Masses and Colligative Properties: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Abnormal Molar Mass, Abnormal Colligative Properties, Molecular Mass of a Solute through Depression of Freezing Point and, Molecular Mass of a Solute through Osmotic Pressure Method

Important Questions on Molecular Masses and Colligative Properties

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Which of the following colligative property is preferred for the determination of molar masses of solutes in solution

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100 mg of a protein is dissolved in enough water to make 10.0 mL of a solution. If this solution has an osmotic pressure of 13.3 mm Hg at   25°C,  what is the molar mass of protein?    (R=0.0821Latmmo l 1 K 1 and760mmHg=1atm)

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What is molar mass of solute if solution prepared by dissolving 0.822 gm of it in 300 cm3 of water has an osmotic pressure 149 mm Hg at 248 K?

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Determine the osmotic pressure of 5% glucose solution at 25C. Molecular mass of glucose=180 gR=0.0821 L atm K-1 mol-1.

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The osmotic pressure of 0.2 molar solution of urea at 300 K R=0.082 L atm K-1 mol-1 is

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Define elevation in boiling point. How can you calculate the molecular mass of a non-volatile solute with it ?

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An aqueous solution of volume 300 cm3 contains 0.63 g of protein. The osmotic pressure of the solution at 300 K is 1.29 mbar. The molar mass of the protein is gmol-1.

Given : R=0.083 LbarK-1 mol-1

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60 g of a non-volatile solid AB(having crystals like NaCl) is dissolved in 0.50 kg water. The normal boiling point of solution is found to be 102.08°C. The molal elevation of water is 0.52 K-kg mol1. The density of solid AB is 6.25 g/cm3 and the edge-length of unit cell is 400 pm. The effective number of atoms per unit cell is (Use Avogadro's number =6×1023)

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2g of non-electrolyte solute dissolved in 200g of water shows an elevation of boiling point of 0.026oC. Kb of water is 0.52K. mole-1 Kg then the molecular weight of solute is x×100. What is the value of 'x'?

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An aqueous solution containing 3 g of a solute of molar mass 111.6 g mol-1 in a certain mass of water freezes at -0.125C. The mass of water in grams present in the solution is Kf=1.86 K kg mol-1

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When 1 g of arsenic is added to 80 g of benzene, the freezing point of benzene is lowered by 0.19°C (Kf = 4.9). The formula of arsenic is (At. wt. of As = 75).

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A solution containing 5 %  urea  solution (molecular mass = 60 g mol-1) is isotonic with a 20 % solution of a nonvolatile solute. The molar mass of non volatile solute is-

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What do you understand by relative lowering of vapour pressure? How it is used to determine the molecular mass of the solute?

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Calculate the mass of compound (molar mass = 256 g mol-1) to be dissolved in 75 g of benzene to lower its freezing point by 0.48 K (Kf= 5.12 K kg mol-1)

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15 g of an unknown molecular substance was dissolved in 450 g of water. The resulting solution freezes at -0.34°C. What is the molar mass of the substance ? (Kf for water = 1.86 K kg mol-1).

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What mass of ethylene glycol (molar mass = 62.0 g mol-1) must be added to 5.50 kg of water to lower the freezing point of water from 0°C to -10.0°C (Kf for water = 1.86 K kg mol-1).

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The molal freezing point depression constant of benzene (C6H6) is 4.90 K kg mol-1. Selenium exists as a polymer of the type Sex.When 3.26 g of selenium is dissolved in 226 g of benzene, the observed freezing point is 0.112°C lower than for pure benzene. Deduce the molecular formula of selenium (At. mass of Se = 78.8 g mol-1).

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Vapour pressure of water at 293 K is 17.51 mm. Lowering of vapour pressure of a sugar is 0.0614 mm. Calculate the mole fraction of water.

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 Addition of 0.643 g of a compound to 50 ml of benzene (density : 0.879 g/ml) lowers the freezing point from 5.51°C to 5.03°C. If Ky for benzene is 5.12, calculate the molecular weight of the compound.

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Pure solvent A has freezing point 16.5°C. On dissolving 0.4 g of B in 200 g of A, the solution freezes at 16.4°C and on dissolving 2.24 g of C in 100 g of A, the solution has freezing point of 16.0°C. If the molar mass of B is 74 g mol-1, what is the molar mass of C ?