JEE MAIN - Chemistry (2023 - 10th April Morning Shift - No. 23)
Explanation
The degree of dissociation, often represented as $\alpha$, is the fraction of a mole of a substance that has dissociated into ions in solution. For a weak monobasic acid, this degree of dissociation can increase the number of particles in solution, which can in turn affect colligative properties such as the freezing point.
In this case, a weak monobasic acid, when it dissociates, produces two particles: one $H^{+}$ ion and one anion. So if the degree of dissociation is 0.3 ($\alpha = 0.3$), the average number of particles per molecule of the acid ($i$), also known as the van't Hoff factor, will be $1 + \alpha = 1 + 0.3 = 1.3$.
The decrease in freezing point ($\Delta T_{f}$) is given by the formula $\Delta T_{f} = i \cdot m \cdot K_{f}$, where $m$ is the molality of the solution and $K_{f}$ is the cryoscopic constant of the solvent. Therefore, the observed freezing point depression will be 1.3 times the theoretical freezing point depression for a non-dissociating solute (where $i = 1$).
So, the observed freezing point will be 30% higher than the theoretical freezing point, given the degree of dissociation of 0.3.
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