Of the following aqueous solutions, which one will exhibit the largest freezing point depression?
Depression in freezing point is a colligative property, which depends on the number of solute particles present in the solution. For solutions of the same molality, the depression in freezing point is directly proportional to the van't Hoff factor (), since . Assuming complete dissociation for strong electrolytes, the van't Hoff factors are:
Since yields the maximum number of particles in solution (), it will exhibit the largest freezing point depression.
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