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Vapour pressure of a pure solvent is 100 mm Hg. When a certain amount of nonvolatile, non-electrolyte solute is added to it, its vapour pressure is lowered by 10 mm Hg. The value of mole fraction of solute will be.

Answer: 0.1

Solution

By Raoult's law, relative lowering mole fraction of solute (exact relation).

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