Answer to Question #89820 in General Chemistry for John Dodds

Question

The solution is cooling and ice is forming. f you dissolve equal molar amounts of CsI and Srl2 in water, the Sr2 lowers the freezing poin f the water almost 1.5 times as much as the CsI. Why?

Answer 1

because each substance has its own crystallization temperature, meaning that SrI2 has a higher crystallization temperature