Intensive properties that do not change when you add no extra moles of the substance
Colligative properties include boiling point, freezing point, vapor pressure, and osmotic pressure
Intensive properties do not change even if you add certain amounts of moles or mass
When you add a solute to a solvent
The colligative properties change
Nonelectrolyte solutes
Cosolutes, usually polar substances like sugar
Electrolyte solutes
Ionic in nature, like salts
Electrolyte solutes
Have a greater effect on colligative properties than nonelectrolyte solutes
Vapor pressure
1. Molecules escape into gaseous state
2. Vapor collides with container walls
3. Vapor pressure builds up
In a closed container
Vapor molecules can return to liquid state through condensation
Volatile substances
Readily evaporate, like alcohol and acetone
Nonvolatile substances
Have low vapor pressure and low escaping tendency, like water
When a nonvolatile solute is dissolved in water
The solute molecules take up space at the surface, preventing the escape of solvent molecules
The greater the concentration of solute
The greater the vapor pressure reduction
Solutions with electrolyte solutes
Have lower vapor pressure than solutions with nonelectrolyte solutes
Boiling point
The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the atmospheric pressure
Liquids with high vapor pressure boil at lower temperatures
Boiling point
The temperature threshold of a liquid before it vaporizes
Vapor pressure
The pressure exerted by the vapor of a liquid in equilibrium with the liquid surface
If a liquid has a high vapor pressure
The molecules evaporate faster and it takes a shorter time to equalize the vapor pressure of the liquid and atmospheric pressure
Boiling point
The point at which the vapor pressure of the liquid equals the pressure surrounding the liquid, and bubbles of vapor form inside the liquid
Boiling point
Occurs when vapor pressure equals atmospheric pressure
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Atmospheric pressure
Equal to vapor pressure at boiling point
Solute
A substance dissolved in a solvent to form a solution
Boiling point of a solution
Higher than the boiling point of the pure solvent
Freezing point
The temperature at which the solid and liquid phase of a substance coexist
Adding a non-volatile solute to a solvent
Lowers the freezing point of the solvent
Electrolytes
Compounds that ionize in solution, producing a greater number of particles that depress the freezing point more than non-electrolytes
Osmotic pressure
The pressure required to prevent the flow of solvent through a semi-permeable membrane from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration
Osmotic pressure
Increases with the number or concentration of solute particles
Osmotic pressure
Prevents the flow of water, making it difficult for water to flow into a solution with high solute concentration
Colligative properties
Properties of solutions that depend on the concentration of solute particles but not their identity
Colligative properties
Boiling point elevation
Freezing point depression
Vapor pressure lowering
Osmotic pressure
Colligative properties that increase with solute concentration are boiling point elevation and osmotic pressure
Colligative properties that decrease with solute concentration are freezing point depression and vapor pressure lowering