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Raoult's law

[ rah-oolz ]

noun

, Physical Chemistry.
  1. 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.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Raoult's law1

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

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