Answer:
Freezing point of seawater is lower as compared to pure water
Explanation:
Seawater contains salts like [tex]MgCl_{2}[/tex], NaCl etc.
According to colligative properties of molecules, presence of solute in a pure solvent lowers freezing point of pure solvent obeying the following equation-
[tex]\Delta T_{f}=k_{f}.m[/tex]
where [tex]\Delta T_{f}[/tex] is lowering of freezing point, [tex]k_{f}[/tex] if cryogenoscopic constant of solvent and m is molality of solution.
In seawater, water is the solvent and [tex]MgCl_{2}[/tex], NaCl etc are solutes.
Hece freezing point of seawater is lower than pure water
