An aqueous solution of 2 percent non-volatile solute exerts a pressure of 0.096 atm at the boiling poine of the solvent. What is the molecular mass of the solute ?
Answer:
The vapour pressure of a pure solvent decrease .
when a non-volatile solute is added to the solvent
this is because on adding the solute a fewer number of water molecules are present at the surface which can evaporate as some of the area is occupied by -non- volatile solute molecules thereby decreasing the vapour pressure of the solution of the glucose in wateris lower than pure water.