Lab glossary
Freezing point depression
The lowering of a solvent's freezing point by dissolved particles. For water it is about 1.86 °C per osmol/kg and is the basis of freezing-point osmometers.
- Also: cryoscopy
- Also: ΔTf
The lowering of a solvent's freezing point by dissolved particles. For water it is about 1.86 °C per osmol/kg and is the basis of freezing-point osmometers.