99 Percentile Qs Bank for JEE MainChemistrySolutions
The experimentally determined molar mass of a non-volatile solute, BaCl ₂ in water by Cottrell's method, is
Options
- Aequal to the calculated molar mass
- Bmore than the calculated molar mass
- Cless than the calculated molar mass
- Ddouble of the calculated molar mass
Correct answer
C. less than the calculated molar mass
Step-by-step solution
BaCl ₂ being ionic in nature, ionises completely to give Ba ²⁺ and 2 Cl ⁻(1+2=3) ions, i.e., number of particles increases in the solution. i= 3 1 =3= M_c M_o (where, M_c= calculated molar mass and M_o= observed molar mass) array ll & 3= M_c M_o or & M_o= M_c 3 i.e., & M_o < M_c array or observed molecular mass of BaCl ₂ is less than the calculated molecular mass.