Why is freezing point depressed when a non-volatile solute is add

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60. Why is freezing point depressed when a non-volatile solute is added?


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When non-volatile solute is added to solvent, the vapour pressure of solution becomes less and at a lower temperature, the vapour pressure of solution and solvent in a solid state will become equal, i.e., freezing point is lowered.
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