MOLALITY

-IS A PROPERTY OF A SOLUTION AND IS DEFINED AS THE NUMBER

OF MOLES OF SOLUTE PER KILOGRAM OF SOLVENT
-UNIT FOR MOLALITY IS MOL/KG. A SOLUTION WITH A MOLALITY
OF 3 MOL/KG IS OFTEN DEFINED AS “3 M”
-SINCE THE VOLUME OF A SOLUTION IS DEPENDENT ON AMBIENT
TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE ,MASS CAN BE MORE RELEVANT FOR
MEASURING SOLUTION
 TERMS
• COLLIGATIVE PROPERTY OF SOLUTIONS THAT DEPENDS
ON THE RATIO OF THE NUMBER OF PARTICLES TO THE
NUMBER OF SOLVENT MOLECULES IN A SOLUTION ,AND
NOT ON THE TYPE OF CHEMICAL SPECIES PRESENT.
• THE CONCENTRATION OF SUBSTANCE IN SOLUTION
,EXPRESSED AS THE NUMBER OF MOLES OF SOLUTE PER
KILOGRAM OF SOLVENT.
• COMPARED TO MOLAR CONCENTRATION OR
MASS CONCENTRATION ,THE PREPARATION OF
A SOLUTION OF A GIVEN MOLALITY IS EASY
BECAUSE IT REQUIRES ONLY A GOOD SCALE .
• BOTH SOLVENT AND SOLUTE ARE MASSED
,RATHER THAN MEASURED BY VOLUME
• IN MANY WEAK AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS,THE
MOLALITY AND MORALITY ARE SIMILAR
BECAUSE OF ONE KILOGRAM OF WATER (THE
SOLVENT) OCCUPIES ONE LITER OF VOLUME AT
ROOM TEMPERATURE.
• THE SMALL AMOUNT OF SOLUTE HAS LITTLE
EFFECT ON THE VOLUME OF THE SOLVENT
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