Q. 100 mL of liuqid 'A' was mixed with 25 ml of a liquid 'B' to give a non-ideal solution of A-B mixture showing (-) ve deviation from Raoult's law. The volume of this mixture would be

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Solution:

When two liquids form a non-ideal solution which exhibits a (-) ve deviation from Raoult's law, the volume change on mixing the two components is always negative, i.e., . Hence, the volume of solution cannot be equal to or greater than 125 mL, but is slightly less than 125 mL.