Question

The van't Hoff factor of a solute in the solution is 0.5. What do you infer about nature of solute in the solution?​

Answer 1

From the given information, we can infer that the solute is a covalent compound as it gets associated in the solution.

- The Van't Hoff factor i is given as 0.5

- When i is less than 1, then the solute molecules get associated.  

- We know that only the covalent compounds can associate in solution, so the given solute is a covalent compound.