Unit-2 Solutions-Numericals.

1- H2SO4 used in lead storage battery is 38% by mass & has a density of 1.30
g /cm-3. Calculate its molarity .
Ans = 5.04 M
2- 250 ml of 0.1 M K2SO4 solution is mixed with 250 ml of 0.2 M KCl
solution.What is the concentration of K+ ions in the resulting solution?
Ans = 22.2m , 0.386
3- What is the mole fraction of a solute in 2.5m aqueous solution? Ans=
0.043
4- A solution of 40% formaldehyde HCHO , 10% methyl alcohol, CH3OH and
50% water by mass is called formalin used to preserve biological specimens.
Calculate : molality and mole fraction of formaldehyde in solution.
Ans = 22.2m , 0.386
5- 55 g pf toothpaste sample has 0.2 g fluoride ion concentration. What is
the concentration of fluoride in terms of ppm?
Ans = 3.6 x 103
6- Chlorine in the concentration of 0.2 to 0.4 ppm is used to disinfect water.
Calculate the
mass of chlorine in grams in 5L of water which has chlorine concentration
0.3 ppm .
Assuming the density of chlorinated water to be 1g/ml.
Ans =
-3
1.5 x 10 g
7 The density of 5% aqueous MgCl2 solution is 1.043 g/mL. What is the
molarity & molality of this aqueous solution? What is the molality of Cl- ions?
Ans = 0.548 M,
0.554m, 1.11m
8- An aqueous solution is 3.5 m C2H5OH and 2.5 m CH3OH . What is the mole
fraction of CH3OH in the solution?
Ans = 0.041
9- When one litre of M/2 HNO3 is heated in a beaker, its volume is reduced to
600 ml and 0.05mol of HNO3were lost as vapour. Calculate the molarity of
resulting solution.
Ans= 0.75M
10- Calculate the number of moles of methanol in 10 L of its 2m solution, if
the density
to 0.981 kg L-1 ( Molar mass of methanol = 32.0 g mol 1 )
Ans =
18.43 mol
11- The mole fraction of helium in a saturated solution at 0oC is 1.2x10-6, Find
the
pressure of helium above the solution. Given Henrys constant =
144.97Kbar
.
Ans = 1.7396 x106
K bar

12- The Henrys law constant for oxygen dissolved in water is 4.34 x 104 atm.
at
25oC. If the partial pressure of oxygen in air is 0.2 atm. under
atmospheric
conditions, calculate the concentration of dissolved oxygen in water
(moles/L)
in equilibrium with air at 25oC .
Ans. 2.55 x
-4
-1
10 mol L
13- At 25oC , the vapour pressure of water is 23.5mm Hg. Calculate the
vapour
pressure at the same temperature over 5% aqueous solution of urea
( CO(NH2)2) .
Ans = 23.135
mm

14- Calculate the mass of iodine (I2), that should be dissolved in 15.4 g of
carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) to lower the vapour pressure of CCl4 by 10% .
( Molar mass of I = 127 g mol 1)
Ans = 2.54 g
15- The vapour pressure of an aqueous solution if cane sugar is 75.6 cm of
Hg at 100oC. What is the molality of the solution?
Ans=
0.292 m
16- The vapour pressure of the solution of 2 moles of ethylene bromide &
3moles of propylene bromide at 358 K is 145.4 mm of Hg. At the same
temperature if 2 moles of ethylene bromide are added to this solution , the
vapour pressure of the solution increases by 7.9 mm of Hg. Determine the
vapour pressure of ethylene bromide and propylene bromide in their pure
states.
Ans = 173 mm,
127 mm
17- A 6% solution of a non-volatile solute in isopentane at 50oC has a vapour
pressure of 1.88 atmosphere. 20g of solvent is added to this solution. The
resulting solution has a vapour pressure of 1.9 atmosphere at 50oC.
i-What is the molar mass of solute?
ii-What is the vapour pressure of iso-pentane at 50oC?
Ans = 60 g mol 1, 2.02 atm.
18- When a certain amount of solute is added to 100g of water, the vapour
pressure reduces to one half of that of pure water ( 23.76 mm of Hg). Find
the amount of solute added.
Ans = 2.77 mol.

19- When 2 g of a non- volatile hydrocarbon containing 94.4% carbon is

dissolved in 100g benzene , the vapour pressure of benzene is lowered from
0.098 atm. 0.097 atm. Determine the molecular formula of the hydrocarbon.
Ans = C4H10.