Relative lowering in vapour pressure (numericals)

1. The vapour pressure of 2.1% of an aqueous solution of a non-volatile solute at 373 K is 755 mm Hg. Calculate
the molar mass of the solute.
2. A solution containing 6 g of benzoic acid C6H5COOH in 50 g of diethyl ether, C2H50C2H5, has a vapour
pressure of 410 mm Hg at 293 K. Calculate the molar mass of the benzoic acid. Vapour pressure of diethyl
ether at 293 K is 442 mm Hg.
3. The vapour pressure of pure benzene at a certain temperature is 640 mm Hg. A non-volatile solute weighing
2.175 g is added to 39.0 g of benzene. The vapour pressure of solution is 600 mm Hg. What is the molar
mass of the solute?
4. The vapour pressure of pure benzene at a certain temperature is 200 mm Hg. At the same temperature the
vapour pressure of a solution containing 2 g of a non-volatile, non-electrolytic solid in 78 g of benzene is 195
mm Hg. What is the molecular mass of the solid?
5. The vapour pressure of pure water at 30°C is 31.80 mm of Hg. How many grams of urea (molecular mass=
60) should he dissolved in 1000g of water to lower the vapour pressure by 0.25 mm of Hg.
6. Vapour pressure of water at 20°C is 17.5 mm Hg. Calculate the vapour pressure of the solution at 20°C when
15 g of glucose (molar mass = 180 g mol-1 is dissolved in 150 g of water.
7. 30 g of urea (M = 60 g mol-1) is dissolved in 864 g of water. Calculate the vapour pressure of water for this
solution if vapour pressure of pure water at 298 K is 23.8 mm Hg

Raoult’s law Numericals

1. Calculate the partial vapour pressure of C2H5Br, at 85°C for an ideal solution with mole fraction of 0.25.
Vapour pressure of pure C2H5Br at 85°C is 170 mm Hg.
2. At 40°C, the vapour pressure of water is 553 mm Hg. Calculate its vapour pressure at the same temperature
over 10% aqueous solution of urea [CO(NH2)2].
3. Benzene and toluene form nearly ideal solution. At a certain temperature, the vapour pressure of pure
benzene is 150 mm Hg and of pure toluene is 50 mm Hg. Calculate the vapour pressure of the solution
containing equal weights of benzene and toluene.
4. Assuming that Raoult’s Law is followed, what would be the vapour pressure of a solution formed when 40 g
of sugar (molecular mass 342) is dissolved in 360 mL of water at 25°C? At 25°C, the vapour pressure of water
is 20 mmHg and the density is 1 g/ml.
5. AT 25*C. the vapour pressure of pure water is 23.76 mm of Hg and that of an aqueous dilute solution of urea
is 22.98 mm of Hg. What is the molality of the solution?
6. Calculate the vapour pressure of a 0·1 M urea solution at 298 K. The vapour pressure of pure water at 298 K
is 20 mm Hg [Ans. 199-6 mm Hg. Assume density of solution to be 1 g/ml.
7. Two liquids A and B have vapour pressure of 500 mm Hg and 200 mm Hg respectively. Calculate the mole
fraction of A at which two liquids have equal partial pressures?
8. At 20*C, the vapour pressure of pure liquid A is 22 mm of Hg and that of pure liquid B is 75 mm of Hg. What
is the composition of these components in the solution that has the vapour pressure of 48.5 mm of Hg at
this temperature? (Assuming ideal solution behaviour).
9. A 95 mass percent solution of ethanol is further diluted with water. If the mole fraction of ethanol in diluted
solution is 0.2% what is the mole fraction of water in the diluted solution, Is it still an ideal solution?
10. Vapour pressure of pure components A and B are 120 mm and 96 mm of Hg respectively. What will be total
pressure when the solution contains 1 mole of component A and 4 moles of component B if the solution is
ideal?
11. The vapour pressure of pure liquid A and pure liquid B at 20°C are 22 and 75 mm of Hg respectively. A
solution is prepared by mixing equal moles of A and B. Assuming the solution to be ideal, calculate the
vapour pressure of the solution.