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When acetone and chloroform are mixed, hydrogen bonding takes place between them. Such a liquid pair will cause:
A.Positive deviation from Raoult’s law
B.Negative deviation from Raoult’s law
C.No deviation from Raoult’s law
D.Cannot be predicted

Explanation

Solution

The equilibrium between a liquid and its vapor produces a characteristic vapor pressure for each substance that depends on the temperature. The lowering of the vapor pressure is caused by a lesser ability of the solvent to evaporate, so equilibrium is reached with a smaller concentration of the solvent in the gas phase. The vapor pressure of a solution is expressed using Raoult’s law:
Psolv=χsolvPosolv{P_{solv}} = {\chi _{solv}}{P^o}_{solv}
The vapor pressure of the solvent (Psolv)\left( {{P_{solv}}} \right) above a dilute solution is equal to the mole fraction of the solvent (χsolv)({\chi _{solv}}) times the vapor pressure of the pure solvent (Psolv)\left( {{P^ \circ }_{solv}} \right).

Complete step by step answer:
Positive deviation from Raoult’s law is seen when the observed vapor pressure is greater than expected vapor pressure and it occurs when the A-B attractions are weaker than the average of the intermolecular attractions in the pure constituents of the mixture.
Negative deviation from Raoult’s law occurs when the intermolecular forces between the dissimilar molecules are stronger than the average of the intermolecular forces in the pure substances.
When acetone and chloroform are mixed together, hydrogen bonds are formed between them that increase intermolecular interactions and thus, decrease the vapour pressure showing negative deviation.
Mixtures of chloroform and acetone show negative deviation because the intermolecular attractions between chloroform and acetone are greater than the intermolecular attractions between the molecules of chloroform (or) between the molecules of acetone.
\therefore Option B is correct.

Note:
As we know a positive deviation is shown by the mixture of ethanol-acetone, and no deviation is shown by mixture of benzene and toluene. We have to know an ideal solution obeys Raoult's law at all temperatures and pressures. The solute-solute and the solvent-solvent interactions are almost the same to solute-solvent interactions. No association or dissociation occurs. It does not form an azeotrope mixture. When the intermolecular forces of attractions are similar or equal, we get an ideal solution.