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Why is camphor preferred as a solvent for measuring the molecular mass of naphthalene by Rast method?

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Camphor has a large `K_(f)` value `(39.8^(@))`, and therefore, it causes large depression in the melting point of a solution with very small amount of solute (naphthalene).
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