Question

Camphor is often used in molecular mass determination because

Answer 1

Camphor is often used in molecular weight dtermination because it is a solvent for organic substance and it has a high cryoscopic constant. The cryoscopic constant (Kf or Ef) is used to find the change in freezing point 

Answer 2

Hey dear,
This question have options. Options are -
a) it is readily available
b) it is volatile
c) it has very high cryoscopic constant
d) it is solvent for organic substance


● Answer -
(c) it has very high cryoscopic constant

● Cryoscopic constant -
- Cryoscopic constant (Kf) relates to molality to freezing point depression.
- Camphor has a particularly large freezing point depression (Kf) constant of 40 C/m, thus is used in molecular mass determination.


Hope this helps you...