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Question
Define Raoult’s law for the elevation of the boiling point of a solution.
Solution
According to Raoult’s law: ‘Elevation of a boiling point of a solution is directly proportional to the lowering in vapour pressure caused by the number of particles of solute present in the solution’.
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