Explain the reason for the solution of chloroform and acetone showing negative deviation from Raoult's law.
Answer
Chloroform molecule cannot form hydrogen bonds with acetone molecule, hence the solution of chloroform and acetone shows negative deviation from Raoult's law:
Molality (m) : The number of moles of solute dissolved in 1000 g (1 kg) of solvent is called molality of that solution. Molality $(m)=\frac{\text { Mole of solute }}{\text { Mass of solvent (in kg) }}$
Henry's law constant for the molality of methane in benzene at 298 K is 4.27 × 105 mm Hg. Calculate the solubility of methane in benzene at 298 K under 760 mm Hg.
Answer
Given,$K _{ H }=4.27 \times 10^5 mm$ $Hg , p =760 mm$ $Hg$ According to Henry's law $p= K _{ H } x$ Mole fraction of methane $(x)=\frac{p}{K_{ H }}$ $\begin{aligned} x & =\frac{760}{4.27 \times 10^5} \\ x & =177.9 \times 10^{-5}\end{aligned}$ Hence, solubility of methane in benzene (mole fraction) $=178 \times 10^{-5}$
If the density of some lake water is 1.25 g mL-1 and contains 92 g of Na+ ions per kg of water, calculate the molarity of Na+ ions in the lake.
Answer
Molality $(m)=\frac{\text { Moles of solute }}{\text { Mass of solvent }( kg )}$ Moles of $Na ^{+}=\frac{\text { Mass of } Na ^{+}}{\text {Molar mass }}=\frac{92}{23}=4$ Hence,$\qquad\qquad\qquad$ $m=\frac{4}{1}=4$ Therefore, Molality of Na+ ion = 4 m
Based on solute-solvent interactions, arrange the following in order of increasing solubility in n-octane and explain. Cyclohexane. KCl, CH3OH, CH3CN.
Answer
n-octane is a non-polar solvent, hence according to the general principle of solubility, "like dissolves like", when the polarity of the solute decreases, then its solubility in n-octane will increase. Therefore, the increasing order of solubility of the above mentioned compounds in n-octane wil be as follows : $KCl < CH _3 OH < CH _3 CN <$ Cyclohexane.
Why do aquatic animals lives more easily in cold water than in hot water?
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As the temperature increases the solubility of gases in water decreases, therefore, the amount of oxygen in hot water is less, hence the aquatic animals remains more easily in cold water than in hot water.
The molal depression $\left( K _{ f }\right)$ constant for water is $1.86 K kg mol ^{-1}$, what does it meant?
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For water, $K _{ f }=1.86 K kg mol ^{-1}$ means that when I mole of non-volatile solute is dissolved in 1 kg of solvent, then the freezing point of water decreases by 1.86 K .
The components present in adiabatic mixture cannot be separated by fractional distillation. Why?
Answer
The components present in a mixture in fixed proportions which boils together at a fixed temperature, hence, they can't be separated by fractional distillation.
The mole fraction of a gas in solution is proportional to the partial pressure of the gas present above, that is, the partial pressure of a gas in the vapour state is proportional to the mole fraction of the gas in the solution. This is called Henry's law.
If 2 g of sugar is dissolved in 100 g of water, the solution made is X and on adding 2 g urea to 100 g water, the solution obtained is Y , which solution has greater boiling point elevation and why?
Answer
The boiling point elevation will be more in solution Y because the molecular weight of urea is less than the molecular weight of sugar, hence the molality of solution Y will be more than the molality of solution X and the boiling point elevation is proportional to the molality.
Why does it takes more time to make icecream with milk with dissolved sugar than to make ice-cream from only milk?
Answer
On adding sugar to milk, the freezing point of milk becomes molar (freezing point depression), that is, the milk will freeze at a lower temperature than before, hence it takes more time to make ice-cream.
Cutting onion after cooling it in refrigerator instead of cutting it at room temperature results in less tears. Why?
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When onion is cooled, the vapour pressure of the volatile liquids present in it decreases which causes tears, hence their evaporation reduces. Hence, tears come less when cutting a cold onion.
Anoxia is a type of disease which is generally found in people living at high altitude. In this, the concentration of oxygen in the blood and tissues of people decreases, hence they become weak and their thinking ability also decreases.
What will be the effect of temperature on the solubility of NaOH in water?
Answer
Formation of solution of NaOH in water is an exothermic process, hence according to Le Chatelier's law, on increasing the temperature for exothermic process, the equilibrium goes in the reverse direction, that is the solubility of NaOH will decrease.
When a cold bottle of a soft drink which is carbonated is opened, the gas bubbles comes out rapidly. Why?
Answer
A carbonated soft drink bottle is filled with carbon di-oxide (CO2) gas at high pressure. When the lid of the bottle is opened, this gas flows out rapidly from high pressure to low pressure, hence bubbles are seen coming out.