1 QP Solution
1 QP Solution
1 QP Solution
SECTION D
The following questions are case-based questions. Each question has an internal choice and
carries 4 (1+1+2) marks each. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that
follow.
31. Osmotic pressure results from a reduction in the chemical potential of a solvent in the
presence of a solute. The tendency of a system to have equal cemical potentials over its entire
volume and to reach a state of lowest free energy gives rise to the osmotic diffusion of matter. In
ideal and dilute solutions, the osmotic pressure is independent of the nature of the solvent and
solutes. At constant temperature it is determined only by the number of
kinetically active particles—ions, molecules, associated species, and colloidal particles in
a unit volume of the solution.
For very dilute solutions of nondissociating compounds, osmotic pressure is described with
sufficient accuracy by the equation πV = nRT, where n is the number of moles of solute, V is the
volume of the solution, R is the universal gas constant, and T is the absolute temperature.
The following questions are multiple choice questions. Choose the most appropriate answer
(i) Name and define the process/method which is used for purification of water?
(ii) Which colligative property is most suitable to measure molecular mass of proteins and why?
(iii) 200 cm3 of an aqueous solution of a protein contains 1.26 g of the protein. The osmotic
pressure of such a solution at 300 K is found to be 2.57 × 10 -3 bar. Calculate the molar mass of the
protein.
OR
A solution contains 0.8960g of K2SO4 in 500ml solution. Its osmotic pressure is found to be
0.690atm at 270C. Calculate the value of Van’t Hoff factor. (K=39.0, S=32, O=16, R=0.082atm
mol-1K-1)
32. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.