You make a solution of a nonvolatile solute with a liquid solvent. Indicate if each of the following statements is true or false. (a) The freezing point of the solution is unchanged by addition of the solvent.
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Capitolo 13, Problema 60a
Breathing air that contains 4.0 % by volume CO2 over time causes rapid breathing, throbbing headache, and nausea, among other symptoms. What is the concentration of CO2 in such air in terms of (a) mol percentage,
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Start by understanding that the problem provides the concentration of CO2 as a volume percentage, which is 4.0% by volume.
Recall that for gases, volume percentage is equivalent to mole percentage under the same conditions of temperature and pressure, due to Avogadro's law.
Since the volume percentage is given as 4.0%, the mole percentage of CO2 is also 4.0%.
This is because, under the same conditions, equal volumes of gases contain an equal number of moles.
Therefore, the concentration of CO2 in terms of mole percentage is the same as the volume percentage, which is 4.0%.

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