Volatile nonelectrolyte solutions, colligative properties

Using Colligative Properties to Find Solute Molar Mass Volatile Nonelectrolyte Solutions Strong Electrolyte Solutions... 

In this section, we focus most of our attention on the simplest case, the colligative properties of solutes that do not dissociate into ions and have negligible vapor pressure even at the boiling point of the solvent. Such solutes are called nonvolatile nonelectrolytes sucrose (table sugar) is an example. Later, we briefly explore the properties of volatile nonelectrolytes and of strong electrolytes. 

Colligative properties are related to the number of dissolved solute particles, not their chemical nature. Compared with the pure solvent, a solution of a nonvolatile nonelectrolyte has a lower vapor pressure (Raoult s law), an elevated boiling point, a depressed freezing point, and an osmotic pressure. Colligative properties can be used to determine the solute molar mass. When solute and solvent are volatile, the vapor pressure of each is lowered by the presence of the other. The vapor pressure of the more volatile component is always higher. Electrolyte solutions exhibit nonideal behavior because ionic interactions reduce the effective concentration of the ions. 

Describe electrolyte behavior and the four colligative properties, explain the difference between phase diagrams for a solution and a pure solvent, explain vapor-pressure lowering for nonvolatile and volatile nonelectrolytes, and discuss the van t Hoff factor for colligative properties of electrolyte solutions ( 13.5) (SPs 13.6-13.9) (EPs 13.59-13.83)... 

Raoult s law predicts that when we increase the mole fraction of nonvolatile solute particles in a solution, the vapor pressure over the solution will be reduced. In fact, the reduction in vapor pressure depends on the total concentration of solute particles, regardless of whether they are molecules or ions. Remember that vapor-pressure lowering is a colligative property, so it depends on the concentration of solute particles and not on their kind. In our applications of Raoult s law, however, we will limit ourselves to solutes that are not only nonvolatile but nonelectrolytes as well. We consider the effects of volatile substances on vapor pressure in the "Closer Look" box in this section, and we will consider the effects of electrolytes in our discussions of freezing points and boiling points. 

In this section, we discuss colligative properties of three types of solute—nonvolatile nonelectrolytes, volatile nonelectrolytes, and strong electrolytes. 

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