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(a) Define vapour pressure (b) Expla...

(a) Define vapour pressure
(b) Explain why vapour pressure of a solvent lowered by the addition of non-volatile solute ?

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The pressure exerted by the vapours above the liquid surface in equilibrium with the liquid at a given temperature is called vapour pressure.
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