Give one example each of miscible liquid pairs showing positive and negative deviatins from Raoult’s law. Give one reason for such deviations.

Answer:
According to Raoult's law the partial vapour pressure of each volatile compound in any solution is directly proportional to its mole fraction

if the vapour pressure is higher then solution is said to exhibit positive deviation
Positive deviation is shown by ethanol and water, cyclohexane and ethanol, acetone and diethylether etc.
Reasons:
(i) A—B interaction is weaker than A—A or B—B in positive deviation.

If the vapour pressure is lower then solution then solution is said to exhibit negtive deviation.
Negative deviation is shown by chloroform and acetone, methanol and acetic acid, H2O and HCl, H2O and HNO3 etc.
Reason:
(ii) A—B interaction is stronger than A—A or B—B in negative deviation.

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Explain why freezing point of a solvent is lowered on dissolving a non-volatile solute into it? Give an important application of the phenomenon of depression in freezing point.


 Answer:

When a non-volatile solute is added its vapour pressure is lowered and at a lower temperature, the vapour pressure of solid and liquid solvent will be equal i.e., depression in freezing point takes place. The application of ΔT
is used as antifreeze so that water does not freeze especially in cold countries.
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Given below is the sketch of a plant for carrying out a process.

(i) Name the process occurring in the above plant.
(ii) To which container does the net flow of solvent take place?
(iii) Name one SPM which can be used in this plant.
(iv) Give one potential use of the plant.


Answer:

(i) Reverse osmosis.
(ii) Pure water is forced out of the solution to pass through the pores of the membrane in the opposite direction.
(iii) Parchment or cellophone.
(iv) This process is used in desalination to get salt-free water from sea water.

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What is a semi-permeable membrane?

Answer:

A membrane is a thin layer that may or may not allow particles to pass through it. Permeable is defined as a membrane that can be crossed by particles, ions, or water. 
Semi permeable means, It is a membrane which permits the solvent molecules but not solute molecules to pass through it from a dilute solution to concentrated solution. Example: A film of gelatinous precipitate of cupric ferrocyanide, Cu[Fe(CN)
6].
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Methanol is soluble in water but insoluble in octane. Explain briefly.

Answer:

Solubility of a substance is its maximum amount that can be dissolved in a specified amount of solvent at a specified temperature. It depends
upon the nature of solute and solvent as well as temperature and pressure. In general, a solute dissolves in a solvent if the intermolecular interactions are similar in the two or we may say like dissolves like.

Like dissolves like means compounds with similar polarity will dissolve in compounds with similar polarity or electrical properties

Methanol and water both are polar and hydrogen bond forming molecules. Thus, they will form homogeneous solution. Whereas octane is non-polar molecule and will not form solution with methanol.
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