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Chemical and physical constant of materials From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In thermodynamics, the ebullioscopic constant Kb relates molality b to boiling point elevation.[1] It is the ratio of the latter to the former:
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A formula to compute the ebullioscopic constant is:[2]
Through the procedure called ebullioscopy, a known constant can be used to calculate an unknown molar mass. The term ebullioscopy means "boiling measurement" in Latin. This is related to cryoscopy, which determines the same value from the cryoscopic constant (of freezing point depression).
This property of elevation of boiling point is a colligative property. It means that the property, in this case ΔT, depends on the number of particles dissolved into the solvent and not the nature of those particles.
Solvent[3] | Kb (in K⋅kg/mol) |
---|---|
Acetic acid | 3.08 |
Benzene | 2.53 |
Camphor | 5.95 |
Carbon disulfide | 2.34 |
Carbon tetrachloride | 5.03 |
Chloroform | 3.63 |
Cyclohexane | 2.79 |
Diethyl ether | 2.02 |
Ethanol | 1.07 |
Water | 0.512 |
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