JEE Main 2025 — Solutions Question with Solution
From: JEE Main 2025 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift
Question
Given below are two statements :
Statement (I): NaCl is added to the ice at 0°C, present in the ice cream box to prevent the melting of ice cream.
Statement (II): On addition of NaCl to ice at 0°C, there is a depression in freezing point.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Choose an option
Show full solutionCorrect option: C
Both Statement I and Statement II are true
Step-by-step explanation
Statement I : Correct
NaCl addition to ice causes preventing the melting of ice. On adding NaCl to ice, freezing point lowers. This creates a colder mixture, preventing the ice cream from melting.
Melting point of ice is 0C. When only ice is used to make ice cream, at 0C ice starts melting by absorbing the energy from its environment in the form of heat. Addition of salt to ice while making the cream lowers the freezing point of the ice, allowing it to reach a colder temperature and thus the ice cream mixture freezes properly, So, the salt causes ice to melt at a lower temperature than pure ice.
Statement II : Correct
Decrease in freezing point while addition of NaCl to ice at 0C is due to the colligative property depression in freezing point.
So, both the statements are correct.
Both statement I and statement II are true.
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