Day 111 3 colligative properties; vapor-pressure lowering , freezing point depression , boiling-point elevation Nonvolatile; a substance that has little tendency to become a gas under the existing conditions. Colligative property; is a property that depends on the number of solute particles but is dependent of their nature. Molal freezing point constant; is the freezing-point depression of the solvent in a 1 molal solution of a nonvolatile, molecular solute. Molal boiling-point constant; is the boiling-point elevation of the solvent in a 1 molal solution of a nonvolatile, molecular solute. Section Review p. 433 # 1 1a) Freezing-Point Depression. Antifreeze acts by lowering the vapor pressure of the solution and, as a result, they lower the freezing point. 1b) Boiling-Point Elevation. Salt changes the vapor pressure of water and it causes a corresponding change in the boiling point. Chapter Review p. 435 # 16 16a) Lowers it. b) Lowers it. c) Raises it.