The vapour pressure of solvent gets lowered, when a non- volatile solute is added to it. Why?
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The vapour pressure of solvent gets lowered, when a non- volatile solute is added to it. Why?
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Ankit Jadhav
When a non-volatile solute is added to a solvent, the surface area for escape of solvent molecules decreases and vapour pressure gets lowered.