68. The molar mass of a solid as determined by freezing point depression is 10% higher than the
true molar mass. Which of the following experimental errors could not account for this
discrepancy?
Not all the solid was dissolved.
More than the recorded amount of solvent was pipetted into the solution.
The solid dissociated slightly into two particles when it dissolved.
Some solid was left on the weighing paper.
Before the solution was prepared, the container was rinsed with solvent and not
dried.
69. A solution consisting of 0.250 mol of methylbenzene, C6H5CH3, in 244 g of nitrobenzene,
C6H5NO2, freezes at –1.2°C. Pure nitrobenzene freezes at 6.0°C. What is the freezing-point
depression constant of nitrobenzene?
70. A 6.06-gram sample of a compound is dissolved in 250. grams of benzene. The freezing
point of this solution is 1.02°C below that of pure benzene. What is the molar mass of this
compound? (Note: Kf for benzene = 5.12°C/m.) Ignore significant figures for this problem.
71. Thyroxine, an important hormone that controls the rate of metabolism in the body, can be
isolated from the thyroid gland. If 0.455 g of thyroxine is dissolved in 10.0 g of benzene, the
freezing point of the solution could be measured as 5.144°C. Pure benzene freezes at
5.444°C and has a value for the molal freezing point depression constant of Kf of 5.12°C/m.
What is the approximate molar mass of thyroxine?