Liquid Solution

A solvent is a substance that dissolves in a solution which results in a solution. Polar solvents (e.g., water) favor the formation of ions; Nonpollars…

Abnormal Molecular Masses from Colligative Properties from Dissociation in solution The laws of the colligative properties are applicable only for very dilute solution, and when…

Abnormal Molecular Masses from Colligative Properties from Association in solution The laws of the colligative properties are applicable only for very dilute solution, and when…

Importance of Osmosis Phenomenon Osmosis is an important phenomenon in many biological and technological processes. Animal and vegetable cells containing solutions of salts and sugars…

Interrelation between the Colligative Properties The colligative properties of solutions are related with each other and mathematical relationships between these properties may be deduced. However,…

Thermodynamic Derivation of Osmotic Pressure Laws The laws of osmotic pressure can be deduced in a number of ways by thermodynamic principles. Only one is…

Determination of Molecular Mass from Osmotic Pressure Measurements Like the other colligative properties, osmotic pressure measurements are extensively used for the determination of molecular masses…

Van’t Hoff’s Laws of Osmotic Pressure Quantitative relations between the concentration of the solution and the osmotic pressure were first derived by van’t Hoff in…

Determination of Osmotic Pressure by Modern methods Abbe Nollet (1748) was the first to observe the phenomenon of osmosis and made measurements of osmotic pressure.…

Osmotic pressure might be defined as the surplus pressure which must be applied to a solution in order to prevent the flow of solvent into…