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How does sprinkling of salt help in clearing the snow covered roads in hilly areas? Explain the phenomenon involved in the process. - Chemistry

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How does sprinkling of salt help in clearing the snow covered roads in hilly areas? Explain the phenomenon involved in the process.

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When salt is spread over snow covered roads, it lowers the freezing point of water to such an extent that water does not freeze to form ice. As a result, the snow starts melting from the surface and therefore, it helps in clearing the roads. Hence, common salt acts as de-icing agent.

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पाठ 2: Solutions - Exercises [पृष्ठ २५]

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एनसीईआरटी एक्झांप्लर Chemistry [English] Class 12
पाठ 2 Solutions
Exercises | Q III. 44. | पृष्ठ २५

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When 2.56 g of sulphur was dissolved in 100 g of CS2, the freezing point lowered by 0.383 K. Calculate the formula of sulphur (Sx).

(Kf for CS2 = 3.83 K kg mol−1, Atomic mass of sulphur = 32 g mol−1]


Calculate the freezing point of the solution when 31 g of ethylene glycol (C2H6O2) is dissolved in 500 g of water.

(Kf for water = 1.86 K kg mol–1)


Calculate the depression in the freezing point of water when 10 g of CH3CH2CHClCOOH is added to 250 g of water. Ka = 1.4 × 10−3, K= 1.86 K kg mol−1.


Define Freezing point.


What is the freezing point of a liquid? The freezing point of pure benzene is 278.4 K. Calculate the freezing point of the solution when 2.0 g of a solute having molecular weight 100 g mol-1
 is added to 100 g of benzene.
( Kf of benzene = 5.12 K kg mol-1 .) 


Cryoscopic constant of a liquid is ____________.


In comparison to a 0.01 m solution of glucose, the depression in freezing point of a 0.01 m MgCl2 solution is ______.


If molality of dilute solution is doubled, the value of molal depression constant (Kf) will be ______.


Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Henna is investigating the melting point of different salt solutions.
She makes a salt solution using 10 mL of water with a known mass of NaCl salt.
She puts the salt solution into a freezer and leaves it to freeze.
She takes the frozen salt solution out of the freezer and measures the temperature when the frozen salt solution melts.
She repeats each experiment.

 

S.No Mass of the salt
used in g
Melting point in °C
Readings Set 1 Reading Set 2
1 0.3 -1.9 -1.9
2 0.4 -2.5 -2.6
3 0.5 -3.0 -5.5
4 0.6 -3.8 -3.8
5 0.8 -5.1 -5.0
6 1.0 -6.4 -6.3

Assuming the melting point of pure water as 0°C, answer the following questions:

  1. One temperature in the second set of results does not fit the pattern. Which temperature is that? Justify your answer.
  2. Why did Henna collect two sets of results?
  3. In place of NaCl, if Henna had used glucose, what would have been the melting point of the solution with 0.6 g glucose in it?
    OR
    What is the predicted melting point if 1.2 g of salt is added to 10 mL of water? Justify your answer.

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The depression in the freezing point of water observed for the same amount of acetic acid, trichloroacetic acid and trifluoroacetic acid increases in the order given above. Explain briefly.


The depression in the freezing point of water observed for the same amount of acetic acid, trichloroacetic acid, and trifluoroacetic acid increases in the order given above. Explain briefly.


The depression in freezing point of water observed for the same amount of acetic acid, trichloroacetic acid and trifluoroacetic acid increases in the order given above. Explain briefly.


The depression in the freezing point of water observed for the same amount of acetic acid, trichloroacetic acid and trifluoroacetic acid increases in the order given above. Explain briefly.


The depression in freezing point of water observed for the same amount of acetic acid, trichloroacetic acid and trifluoroacetic acid increases in the order given above. Explain briefly.


The depression in freezing point of water observed for the same amount of acetic acid, trichloroacetic acid and trifluoroacetic acid increases in the order given above. Explain briefly.


The depression in freezing point of water observed for the same amount of acetic acid, trichloroacetic acid and trifluoroacetic acid increases in the order given above. Explain briefly.


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