Adding salt to water when boiling vegetables or pasta makes the water boil at a higher temperature. How much would the boiling point of water be increased if 49.2 g of NaCl is added to 500 mL of water?
1 Answer
May 11, 2018
Well, you have omitted a crucial piece of info....
Explanation:
...the ebullioscopic constant...for water, this is
And
And this is a boiling point elevation, and so the pasta pot will boil at
Is the reason we add salt to water to make the boiling point elevate or to make the pasta or veggies tasty?