Is freezing point always depressed by a solute?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Evis
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Freezing Point
Join the discussion
Registration is free. Ask a follow-up in this thread, or start your own.
3 replies · 2K views
Evis
Messages
5
Reaction score
0

Homework Statement


Is the freezing point always depressed by a solute even if solute-solvent interactions are stronger than solute-solute and solvent-solvent interaction? What about amorphous solids?

2. Relevant knowledge
According to my chemistry teacher's powerpoints, the freezing point is always depressed by the presence of a solute because the solute particles disrupt the lattice structure of the solid.

The Attempt at a Solution


Thus, the solution remains liquid at lower than normal temperatures due to the added difficulty of forming the solid structure. The stronger solute-solvent interactions add to this disorder.

In amorphous solids where there is little/no organized set structure to speak of, I don't know how solute particles would interfere unless the solute forms its own competing structure as a solid. Otherwise, I'm in the dark.
 
Physics news on Phys.org
Amorphous solids don't have a freezing point.
 
Do amorphous solids not have changes of state?
 
Not at a constant temperature. Google vitrification.