Increasing amount of solid HgI2 is added to 1 L of an aqueous solution containing 0.1 mol KI. Which of the following graphs do represent the variation of freezing point of the resulting solution with the amount of HgI2 added?
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Detailed Solution
When HgI2 is added to KI:HgI2 + 2KI → K2HgI4 - 0.05 0.1 - - 0.05⇒0.05 moles of HgI2 are required for its complex reaction with KI.Thus, as HgI2 is being added, the number of solute molecules will decrease causing ∆Tf to decrease ⇒ (Causing Tf to increase). When whole of KI has been converted to K2HgI4 further addition of HgI2 does not change Tf since it is a sparingly soluble salt.