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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

The relative lowering of vapour pressure in a solution is 0.025 . What is the mole fraction of the solvent in the solution ?

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10 Years agoGrade 12
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10 Years ago
Relative lowering of vapor pressure because of a non-volatile solute is equal to the mole fraction of the non-volatile solute in the solution. 
From the given data: Mole fraction of the solute (assuming no assosiation/disassosiation) = RLVP = 0.025.
Assuming the solution to be binary mole fraction of solvent = 1 – mole fraction of solute.
Hence, mole fraction = 1 – 0.025