You have read that adding a solute to a solvent can both

Problem 5

You have read that adding a solute to a solvent can both increase the boiling point and decrease the freezing point. A friend of yours explains it to you like this: The solute and solvent can be like salt in water. The salt gets in the way of freezing in that it blocks the water molecules from joining together. The salt acts like a strong bond holding the water molecules together so that it is harder to boil. What do you say to your friend?

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Colligative properties are the properties which depend on the number of molecules of constituents which depends directly on the number of solute molecules. It is of four types.

- Boiling point

- Freezing point

- Vapor pressure

- Osmotic pressure