Raoult's law

American

[rah-oolz] / rɑˈulz /

noun

Physical Chemistry.

the principle that the fraction by which the vapor pressure of a solvent is lowered by the addition of a nonvolatile, nonelectrolytic solute is equal to the mole fraction of the solute in the solution.

1890–95; named after François Raoult (1830–1901), French chemist and physicist

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