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Q. Vapour pressure of water is 360 mm Hg, how much urea should be added to 200 mL water to reduce its vapour pressure by 0.5 %? (Molecular wt. of urea = 60)

Dear student ,
P0  = 360 mmHg  and Ps = 99.5 % of 360 = 358.2 mm Hg
by Raoult's law ;  P0 - Ps / Ps  =  n /N or  w M / W m 
                           360 -  358.2  / 358.2  =  w × 18 / 200 × 60   ( as density of water = 1 gm /ml )
                                                        w   =  3.33 gm
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