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Derive a formula, similar to equation 5.90, for the shift in the freezing temperature of a dilute solution. Assume that the solid phase is pure solvent, no solute. You should find that the shift is negative: The freezing temperature of a solution is less than that of the pure solvent. Explain in general terms why the shift should be negative.

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The negative sign in the above result shows that adding a solute will lower the temperature of the freezing point of the liquid.

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01

Let us consider a pure solid A. If a solution of solute B in solvent A is equilibrium with solid A, then the chemical potentials of A for the two phases must be equal.

μA.liq=μA.solid

Here, μA.solidis the chemical potential of Ain the solid phase and μA.liqis the chemical potential of Ain liquid phase.

Use the equation 5.69, the chemical potential of Ain liquid phase is as follows.

μA.liq=μ0(T,P)-NBkTNA

Here, μ0is the chemical potential of the pure solvent and kis the Boltzmann's constant.

Substituteμ0(T,P)-NBkTNA=μA.solid(T,P)......(1)

02

At a fixed pressure P, the pure liquid is equilibrium with the solid at temperature T0. Then the chemical potential can be written in terms of T0 as follows.

μ0(T,P)=μ0(T0,P)+(T-T0)∂μ0∂TμA.solid(T,P)=μA.solid(T0,P)+(T-T0)∂μA.solid∂T

Substitute the above two equations in the equation (1) and simplify.

μ0(T0,P)+(T-T0)∂μ0∂T-NBkTNA=μA.solidT0,P+(T-T0)∂μA.solid∂T.....(2)

At the temperature T0, pure liquid phase is equilibrium with the solid phase. Hence,

μ0(T0,P)=μA.solid(T0,P)

The Gibbs free energy for pure solvent A is,

G=NAμ0

Here, NAis the number of particle in that phase.

Partial differentiate the equation on both sides with respect to the temperature.

∂G∂T=NA∂μ0∂T-S=NA∂μ0∂TSince∂G∂T=-S∂μ0∂T=-SNA

Substitute μ0(T0,P)for μA.solid(T0,P)and -SNAfor ∂μ0∂Tin the equation (2) and simplify.

μ0(T0,P)+(T-T0)-SNA-NBkTNA=μ0(T0,P)+(T-T0)-SNAsolid(T-T0)-SNAliq-NBkTNA=(T-T0)-SNAsolid(T-T0)Sliq-Ssolid=-NBkTT-T0=-NBkTSliq-Ssolid

03

The difference in the entropy between the liquid and solid is :

Sliq-Ssolid=LT0

Here, Lis the latent heat of condensation and T≈T0.

Substitute LTfor Sliq-Ssolidin the equation T-T0=-NBkTSliq-Ssolidand solve for T-T0

T-T0=-NBkTLT=NBkT2L

Hence, the shift in the freezing temperature of the dilute solution is negative.

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