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Experiment 17: Colligative Properties: A. Freezing Point Depression I. Determination of The Freezing Point of Water

This document summarizes an experiment on colligative properties involving the freezing point depression and boiling point elevation of water upon the addition of solutes. The experiment involves: 1) Measuring the freezing point of pure water and NaCl solutions of varying concentrations, 2) Calculating the van't Hoff factor from the depression in freezing point, 3) Measuring the boiling point of pure water and NaCl solutions to determine the van't Hoff factor from elevation in boiling point.

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Experiment 17: Colligative Properties: A. Freezing Point Depression I. Determination of The Freezing Point of Water

This document summarizes an experiment on colligative properties involving the freezing point depression and boiling point elevation of water upon the addition of solutes. The experiment involves: 1) Measuring the freezing point of pure water and NaCl solutions of varying concentrations, 2) Calculating the van't Hoff factor from the depression in freezing point, 3) Measuring the boiling point of pure water and NaCl solutions to determine the van't Hoff factor from elevation in boiling point.

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CHEM 16 (GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LABORATORY)

Experiment 17: Colligative Properties


A. Freezing Point Depression
I.

Determination of the Freezing Point of Water

1. Prepare an ice-salt water bath by filling a 400 mL beaker with crushed ice, rock salt and a
small amount of tap water.
2. Fill one-third of a 6-inch test tube with distilled water and insert a thermometer.
3. Cool the test tube in ice-salt water bath and record the temperature-time data at 30-second
intervals. Stir the contents of the test tube using the thermometer.
4. Continue taking the temperature until the water has frozen. Record the freezing
temperature.
NOTE: If the temperature drops below -2.0 0C, supercooling has occurred. Add a small fragment
of ice into the test tube. The temperature should rise abruptly and then level off. Record the
resulting temperature as the freezing point.
II.

Determination of the vant Hoff Factor for a NaCl Solution

1. Prepare a 0.55 molal NaCl solution by dissolving the appropriate mass of NaCl (FW=58.44
g/mol) in 10.0 mL distilled water (d=1.00 g/mL).
2. Using the method described in Part I, determine the freezing point of the NaCl solution and
obtain Tf for the NaCl solution. Calculate the Vant Hoff factor for the NaCl solution (Kf, water
= 1.86 0C/m).
3. Repeat procedures 1 and 2, using 1.10 molal NaCl solution.
B. Boiling Point Elevation
1. Determine the boiling point of water.
2. Prepare 1.50 m rock salt solution in a 250 mL beaker by dissolving the appropriate amount
of rock salt in 50 mL distilled water. Assume that the composition of rock salt is solely NaCl.
Heat the solution and monitor the temperature of the solution. Record the constant
temperature at which the solution boils.
3. Determine the Vant Hoff factor for the NaCl solution (Kb water = 0.512 0C/m).
4. Repeat procedures 2-3 using 2.50 m rock salt solution.

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