What is the effect of stirring on dissolving of a solid solute?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Rate of dissolving increases
Stirring continually brings fresh solvent into contact with the solute surface and carries dissolved particles away from that surface. This reduces local concentration differences and increases the rate at which the solid dissolves. It does not normally double the equilibrium solubility, change the solvent into another substance, or destroy the mass of the solute.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
Rate of dissolving increases
Why is this the correct answer?
Stirring continually brings fresh solvent into contact with the solute surface and carries dissolved particles away from that surface. This reduces local concentration differences and increases the rate at which the solid dissolves. It does not normally double the equilibrium solubility, change the solvent into another substance, or destroy the mass of the solute.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 11 Chemistry question. Chapter: Chapter 01: Solutions.
