Which outcome occurs when large amounts of sodium chloride are dissolved in water?

💡 Explanation

When NaCl dissolves, the ionic bonds break, and ions solvate. Increased ion concentration raises entropy, which causes freezing point depression because more energy must be removed to achieve solid ordering. Therefore freezing point depression results, rather than boiling point elevation etc. which require other colligative property modifications.

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