Colligative Properties Relative Lowering of Vapour Pressure

What is relative lowering of vapour pressure?

The features of a solution determined by the ratio of the number of solute particles and solvent molecules in a solution are referred to as colligative properties. A solution's colligative qualities include a relative decrease in vapour pressure, an increase in boiling point, a decrease in freezing point, and a decrease in osmotic pressure.

For all mass ratios of solute and solvent, all colligative qualities are inversely proportional to the molar mass of the solute.

Non-volatile chemistry is the inability of solute to evaporate to form gas.

Non-volatile solute or non-volatile liquid solutions exhibit the following Colligative properties:

• Relative decrease in the solvent's vapour pressure
• Its freezing point has dropped.
• A rise in the boiling point
• The solution's osmotic pressure.

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Relative lowering of vapour pressure

The pressure exerted by vapours over a liquid under equilibrium conditions at a certain temperature is referred to as vapour pressure. Let us now consider a pure liquid, the surface of which is occupied by the liquid's molecules. Assume that a non-volatile solute has now been introduced to this pure liquid. Because the solute molecules are non-volatile, the vapour above the solution is made up entirely of solvent (pure liquid) particles. At a given temperature, the vapour pressure of the solution is observed to be decreased than that of the liquid state after the solute is added.

This decrease in vapour pressure is caused by the fact that, after the solute was added to the pure liquid (solvent), the liquid surface now contained molecules from both the pure liquid and the solute. The number of solvent molecules that escape into the vapour phase decreases, and as a result, the pressure produced by the vapour phase decreases. This is referred to as relative vapour pressure reduction. This decrease in vapour pressure is proportional to the amount of non-volatile solute added to the solution, regardless of its type, and is thus one of the colligative qualities.

Raoult's law

Raoult developed an empirical relationship in 1886 to establish a link between the relative decrease in vapour pressure and the concentration of solutes in the solution. This is known as Raoult's Law. According to this law, the relative decrease of a dilute solution's vapour pressure is equal to the mole fraction of solute present in it.

The evaporating molecule from the surface causes the pure solvent's vapour pressure. Because of the presence of solute molecules on the surface, when a nonvolatile solute is dissolved in solution, the surface becomes blocked and no operation occurs.

Derivations

The decrease in vapour pressure caused by a nonvolatile solute prevents solvent molecules from escaping from the solution, implying that

Ps is directly proportional to N / (n+N).

Here, N denotes the number of moles of solvent and n is the number of moles of solute.

Raoult's law is expressed as a formula.

(p-ps ) / p = n / (n + N)

Determination of Molecular Mass Using Relative Vapor Pressure Lowering Colligative Properties

Relative lowering of vapour pressure formula

The relative lowering of vapour pressure is equal to the mole fraction of solute.

A nonvolatile solute's molecular mass is computed using (p-ps). Let w grams of solute dissolve in W grams of solvent, where M and m are the molecular masses of the solute and solvent, respectively.

Then, w/m the number of moles of solute (n)

(N) = W/M

(The number of moles of solvent)

Raoult's Law equation states that

(p-ps) / p = n / (n + N)

When these numbers are substituted in Raoult's Law Equation,

(p - ps)/p = (w / m)/ (w / m + W / M)

Alternatively, (p - ps) / p = wM / mW

The molecular weight of the solute is denoted by m, and the mass of the solvent is denoted by M.

For better understanding refer below:

Deviations from raoult's law

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Elevation in boiling point

The vapour pressure of a liquid rises as its temperature rises. When the liquid's vapour pressure equals the air pressure (or) external pressure, the liquid begins to boil. The temperature at which the liquid's vapour pressure equals the external pressure is known as its boiling point.

A solution containing a non-volatile solute has a lower vapour pressure than pure solvent at any temperature.

Tb0 and Tb are the temperatures at which the vapour pressure of the solvent and solution equals atmospheric pressure.

Tb - Tb0 = ΔTb

As a result, the boiling point of a solution is greater than the pure solvent's boiling point.

The boiling point of a solvent varies with the concentration of the solute in solution, but it is unaffected by the identity of the solute particles.

The boiling point rises in proportion to the concentration of the solute in the solution and is directly proportional to the molality (m) of the solute in the solution.

ΔTb = Tb - Tb°

ΔTb α Tb°

Tb -Solute Concentration

ΔTb α m (Molarity)

ΔTb is equal to K_bm.

K_b is the boiling point elevation constant, often known as the molal elevation constant or the ebullioscopic constant.

The molal elevation constant is defined as the increase in boiling point caused by dissolving 1 mole of a solute in 1 kilogramme of a solvent.

If w₂ grams of a solute of M₂ molar mass is dissolved in w₁ gram of a solvent, the solution's molality (m) is,

m=(W₂x1000)/(m) (W₁xM₂)

ΔTb = (W₂x1000) Kb/ (W₁xM₂)

Regarding Rearranging:

M₂=(KbxW₂x1000)/ (T_b x W₁)

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