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The mass of a non-volatile, non-electrolyte solute (molar mass = 50 g mol-1) needed to be dissolved in 114 g octane to reduce its vapour pressure by 75 %, is:
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Options:
  • A 37.5 g
  • B 75 g
  • C 150 g
  • D 50 g
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 150 g

Molar mass of octane = 114 g/mol.

From the lowering of vapour pressure, we have,

PP=W2M2W2M2+W1M1

Where W2 and M2 are mass and molar mass of solute
and W1 and M1 are mass and molar mass of octane.

75100=W250 g/molW250 g/mol+114 g114 g/mol 

0.75=W250W250+1

W250+1=W250×0.75

W2=150g

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