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Menthol is a crystalline substance with a peppermint taste and odor. When 0.533 g of menthol is dissolved in 25.0 g of cyclohexane, the freezing point of the solution is lowered by 2.84 ∘C. Look up the freezing point and f constant for cyclohexane in the Colligative Constants table. Calculate the molar mass of menthol.

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Answer: The molar mass of menthol is 156.15 g/mol

Explanation:

Depression in freezing point is given by:

[tex]\Delta T_f=K_f\times m[/tex]

[tex]\Delta T_f=T_f^0-T_f=2.84^0C[/tex] = Depression in freezing point

[tex]K_f[/tex] = freezing point constant = [tex]20.8^0C/m[/tex]

m= molality

[tex]\Delta T_f=K_f\times \frac{\text{mass of solute}}{\text{molar mass of solute}\times \text{weight of solvent in kg}}[/tex]

Weight of solvent (cyclohexane)= 25.0 g = 0.025 kg  

Molar mass of solute (menthol) = ?

Mass of solute (menthol) = 0.533 g

[tex]2.84^0C=20.8\times \frac{0.533}{xg/mol\times 0.025}[/tex]

[tex]x=156.15g/mol[/tex]

The molar mass of menthol is 156.15 g/mol

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