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If we add salt to pure water, its boiling point will:

  1. A
    Increase
  2. B
    decrease
  3. C
    remains same
  4. D
    None of the above

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When a non-volatile solute like salt () is added to pure water, it lowers the vapor pressure of the solvent. Consequently, a higher temperature is required for the vapor pressure to equal the atmospheric pressure, which results in an elevation of the boiling point.

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If we add salt to pure water, its boiling point will:
A
Increase
B
decrease
C
remains same
D
None of the above

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