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By dissolving 13.6 g of a substance in 20 g of water, the freezing point decreased by 3.7oC. Calculate the molecular mass of the substance.
(Molal depression constant for water = 1.863 K kg mol1)

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Solution

We have,

ΔTf=1000×Kf×wM×W

3.7=1000×1.863×13.6M×20

Molecular mass of substance, M=342 gmol1

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