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 = 1.5 x 10-3 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 x10-6 K bar
12- The Henrys law constant for oxygen dissolved in water is 4.34 x 10 4 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 10-4 mol L-1
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 100 oC. 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.