raoult's law

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noun raoult's law 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. 1

before 1890

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

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