Osmolarity of 0.02 M potassium ferrocyanide solution at 300 K is (assu...
Osmotic pressure is a colligative property, hence osmolarity is the molarity of the solution involving van't Hoff factor
Thus, osmolarity = 0.02 x i= 0.02 x 5 = 0.I0 osmol
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Osmolarity of 0.02 M potassium ferrocyanide solution at 300 K is (assu...
Osmolarity is a measure of the concentration of solute particles in a solution. It is expressed in osmoles per liter (osmol/L). To calculate the osmolarity of a solution, we need to know the concentration of the solute and the number of particles it dissociates into.
In this case, we are given a 0.02 M potassium ferrocyanide solution. Potassium ferrocyanide, K4Fe(CN)6, dissociates into four potassium ions (K+) and one ferrocyanide ion ([Fe(CN)6]4-).
To calculate the osmolarity, we need to calculate the total number of particles in the solution. Since the solute is 100% ionized, we can assume that each molecule dissociates completely into its constituent ions.
The concentration of the potassium ions is 4 times the concentration of the potassium ferrocyanide solute, i.e., 4 * 0.02 M = 0.08 M. The concentration of the ferrocyanide ion is the same as the concentration of the potassium ferrocyanide solute, i.e., 0.02 M.
Now, we can calculate the osmolarity using the formula:
Osmolarity = (concentration of potassium ions * number of potassium ions) + (concentration of ferrocyanide ion * number of ferrocyanide ions)
Plugging in the values, we get:
Osmolarity = (0.08 M * 4) + (0.02 M * 1)
= 0.32 osmol + 0.02 osmol
= 0.34 osmol
Therefore, the osmolarity of the 0.02 M potassium ferrocyanide solution is 0.34 osmol. Since the answer choices do not include this value, we can conclude that there might be a mistake in the answer options provided.
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