Freezing point depression is the phenomena that describes why adding a solute to a solvent results in the lowering of the freezing point of the solvent. When a substance starts to freeze, the molecules slow down due to the decreases in temperature, and the intermolecular forces start to take over.

What is freezing point depression example?

The freezing point depression says that the freezing point of a mixture of two components is lower than that of individual components. It involves a solvent (e.g. water) and a solute which you'll mix with the solvent. A very common example of this phenomenon in everyday life is salting of the roads in water.

What is the freezing point depression value?

The proportionality constant, Kf, is called the molal freezing-point depression constant. It is a constant that is equal to the change in the freezing point for a 1-molal solution of a nonvolatile molecular solute. For water, the value of Kf is −1.86oC/m.