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Q.Explain with diagram the boiling point elevation in terms of vapour pressure lowering.

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The solution's vapour-pressure curve lies below the pure solvent's at every temperature, so it reaches the 760 mm boiling line only at a higher temperature — that horizontal gap IS the boiling point elevation (Fig. 2.6).

Step 1. A liquid boils at the temperature where its vapour pressure equals the applied (atmospheric, 760 mm) pressure.

Step 2. Dissolving a nonvolatile solute lowers the solvent's vapour pressure at EVERY temperature (ΔP=x2P10>0\Delta P = x_2 P_1^0 > 0 always), so on a vapour-pressure-vs-temperature plot the solution's curve (CD in Fig. 2.6) lies entirely below the pure solvent's curve (AB).

Fig. 2.6: Vapour pressure-temperature curves of pure solvent (AB) and solution (CD), with the 760 mm line crossed at T_b0 and T_b
Fig. 2.6: Vapour pressure-temperature curves of pure solvent (AB) and solution (CD), with the 760 mm line crossed at T_b0 and T_b

Step 3. Reading horizontally at the 760 mm line: the solvent's curve reaches 760 mm at temperature Tb0T_b^0 (its normal boiling point). Because the solution's curve is lower everywhere, it only reaches the SAME 760 mm line at a HIGHER temperature, TbT_b. …

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