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Depression in freezing point of NaCI is twice that of in urea. Why?

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1. The electrolyte NaCI dissociates completely into its constituent ions in their aqueous solution. This causes an increase in the total number olparticles present in the solution.

2. When we dissolve 1 mole of NaCI in water it. dissociates and gives 1 mole of Na+ and 1 mole of Cl- . Hence the solution will have 2 moles of particles.

But when we dissolve 1 mole of urea (non electrolyte) in water it appears as 1 mole only. So the colligative property value would be double in NaCl than in urea.

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