AIIMS 2003
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2003
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- Solutions
AIIMS 2003 · Chemistry · Solutions
Assertion : Increasing pressure on pure water decreases its...
Assertion : Increasing pressure on pure water decreases its freezing point.
Reason : Density of water is minimum at .
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion
- BIf both assertion and reason are true and the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
B. If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion
Step-by-step solution
According to Clapeyron-Clausius equation,
Since density of ice is less than that of water, is greater than . In other words, the expression on the right hand side of the above equation is negative. This means that the increase of pressure must lower and decrease of pressure must raise the freezing point.