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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

What is the Van’t Hoff factor for a compound which undergoes tetramerization in an organic solvent?

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12 Years agoGrade 11
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11 Years ago
The van 't Hoff factor is a measure of the effect of a solute upon colligative properties such as osmotic pressure, relative lowering in vapor pressure, elevation of boiling point and freezing point depression. The van 't Hoff factor is the ratio between the actual concentration of particles produced when the substance is dissolved, and the concentration of a substance as calculated from its mass

supposing 4M ----- M(4)
i=molecules after association divide by molecules before association
so vant hoff factor is 1/4