The mixture that forms maximum boiling azeotrope is :
- Ethanol + Water
- Acetone + Carbon disulphide
- Heptane + Octane
- Water + Nitric acid
Answer
(4) Water + Nitric acid
Solution
Maximum boiling azeotropes are formed by solutions showing large negative deviation from Raoult’s law.
Ethanol + water and acetone + carbon disulphide show positive deviation (minimum boiling azeotrope for ethanol + water); heptane + octane forms a nearly ideal solution.
As per NCERT, nitric acid and water is an example of a maximum boiling azeotrope: the mixture of about 68 % nitric acid and 32 % water by mass boils at 393.5 K.
Answer: (4)