Questions tagged [vapor-pressure]
This is the pressure exerted by a vapor in thermodynamic equilibrium with its condensed phases (solid or liquid) at a given temperature in a closed system. Apply this tag to questions involving clarification related to vapor pressure.
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Suitable solvents to dissolve Aluminum Chloride (anhydrous) without generating Hydrochloric Acid (aqueous or gas)
Hypothetically, I have a chemical tank that was brought out of service and the solid deposits at the bottom of the tank primarily contain aluminum chloride. The whole system never sees water, and the ...
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What is the flash point of acetylene?
On episode s10e11 of the show Criminal Minds, a confrontation occurs in a freezer full of acetylene gas. In this confrontation, the main character confidently fires her gun because the freezer was &...
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What is the nature of container when talking about Boiling Point of a Liquid [ Vapour Pressure related ]? [closed]
From what I understand, whenever talking about calculating the value of Vapour Pressure we need to take a closed container as there needs to be an equilibrium established {R evaporation = R ...
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In a liquid-in-glass thermometer, how does the gas pressure over the liquid affect the linearity of measurement?
In a common ethanol thermometer, the space above the alcohol column is filled with nitrogen. It also contains varying amounts of the alcohol in the gas phase.
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Is vapour pressure truly a colligative property?
Colligative properties are generally defined as
A colligative property depends only on the ratio of the number of particles of solute and solvent in the solution, not the identity of the solute.
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Does the boiling point of ammonia hydroxide change with the ratio of water to ammonia?
My kids and I are designing a science experiment and we could use help with the ratio of water to ammonia in an ammonia hydroxide mixture.
A little bit of background:
Initial goal: To convert the ...
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Calculating the amount of water condensed when cooling below the dew point
I've been given the following question:
Calculate the dew point temperature of a 60% humid air at $30^oC$. How much water mass wil condensate out of 1 $m^3$ of such air when the temperature is ...
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Pressure and temperature relation of Novec 1230
I am working on a concept turbine for a school project which operates at low temperature so it's necessary for me to have a pressure temperature relation of this chemical or novec 7100 also is okay.. ...
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Are molecules exchanged between a solid and liquid in equlibrium?
In Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium, it is my understanding that molecules exchange between the gas and liquid continuously; even when no difference in temperature or partial pressure exists.
Regarding Solid-...
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Mathematical models of Vaporization-Condensation dynamics
I am a mathematician now studying an introductory chemistry course.
Consider a liquid in a closed container, at (say) room temperature.
Then some of the liquid will vaporize. Then some of the ...
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Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium and partial pressure of ammonia
I tried searching the forums for a similar question but I do not think it was entirely answered:
Suppose I have a closed system in a container with solvent and a certain concentration of gas, say ...
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How do water vapor molecules push other air molecules away?
I've read that when water vapor enters the atmosphere, the vapor molecules push the oxygen and nitrogen molecules out of the way and occupy their space.
But if water vapor molecules are lighter than ...
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Can vapor pressure be defined for permanent gases?
Vapor pressure of a substance, in a given temperature, is the pressure exerted the vapor in a system where the gaseous and liquid phases of the pure substance are in equilibrium.
But, if for a ...
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How do you derive the boiling point elevation equation using Raoult’s law and Clausius-Clapeyron relation?
I know that Raoult's law is $P_{solution}=X_{solvent}P_{solvent}$
and Clausius-Clapeyron equation is $ln(\frac{P_{2}}{P_{1}})=-\frac{L}{R}(\frac{1}{T_{2}}-\frac{1}{T_{1}})$
But how do you derive the ...
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Saturation of air within isolated system with water and ethanol
I am planning an experiment in an isolated system that contains two droplets.
One droplet is water and the other one is a 40% ethanol-water mixture.
The isolated compartment is filled with air at 20°C....
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Vapor pressure in closed systems (2 and multiple components)
Hi there I am currently struggling to understand how vapor/liquid systems work in general.
Specifically, I have two qualitative questions.
Suppose we had a closed system, half of it filled with just ...
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Why does Raoult's Law have a weighted sum instead of a direct sum?
I'm fully aware of the various questions asked about Raoult's Law, and I'm asking this after having gone through all of them and not finding a suitable answer to my question.
I have studied, that at a ...
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Interpretation of azeotropes from statistical mechanics derivation
In an earlier posted question titled Reason for the formation of azeotropes, @porphyrin presented an elegant derivation from statistical mechanics to interpret partial pressures for the two components ...
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Saturated vapor and liquid densities (VLC curve) from Helmholtz free energy equation of state
I have been reading about the statistical associating fluid theory (SAFT) which computes the Helmholtz free energy ($A$) from the SAFT EoS (a hell lot of equations) for a molecule of interest, and is ...
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Do benzene and hexane form an ideal solution?
My teacher said that benzene and hexane do not form an ideal solution (with reference to Raoult's law) but did not explain any reason for it.
My approach:
Cyclic hydrocarbons (benzene here) have ...
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Pressure increase in a chamber with 1 ml of water heated to 200 °C [closed]
For safety reasons I want to know how much pressure will be generated in a sealed chamber with $1~\mathrm{ml}$ of water, pure nitrogen at $1.3~\mathrm{bar}$ at $22~\mathrm{^\circ C}$. This chamber ...
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What is the ∆H_vap when temperature of a given liquid is equal to the boiling point of the liquid?
What is the $∆H_{vap}$ when temperature of a given liquid is equal to the boiling point of the liquid?
For the other cases ie (i) T>BP, $∆H_{vap}$ > 0 (ii) T<BP, $∆H_{vap}$ < 0
So what ...
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Is there a vapor pressure equivalent to freezing point?
Vapor pressure is where liquids are breaking off into the gas phase, below the boiling point. So is there a term where solids break off into the liquid phase, below the freezing point? Vapor pressure ...
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Data on Vapour Pressures of Silicone Oils [closed]
I am trying to find specific information on vapour pressure of silicone oils with different viscosities which I have used in some experimental work. Is there a chemical databook where this information ...
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Vapour pressure and boiling [duplicate]
I have come across two definitions for boiling point:
It is the temperature at which a liquid gets vaporised
It is the point where vapour pressure = external pressure
How are they related? How does ...
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Why does boiling occur when vapor pressure equals ambient pressure?
Here is my understanding of the boiling process: pressure of the atmosphere is pressing down on the liquid and this pressure is propagated throughout the liquid. That is, pressure everywhere inside ...
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Some salts lower the vapour pressure of water - do any raise it?
Plain old NaCl salt can slightly lower the vapour pressure of water for a given temperature. Other salts such as CaCl₂ lower the vapour pressure to a larger degree.
Do any salts, or compounds of any ...
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Can different components show different deviations from Raoult's law?
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Raoult's law is used to calculate the partial pressures of the vapour phases of volatile components of a solution
Given that there are two components, A and B, in the liquid-liquid ...
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Does the vapor pressure of a substance depend on the presence of other gases?
The Clausius-Clapeyron equation (CC equation) can be used to find the (saturated) vapor pressure of a substance ie. the gas pressure at which the two phases (vapor + liquid or vapor + solid) reach ...
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Variation of vapour pressure with application of external pressure
Many times study of fact that with pressure of a substance only depends on the temperature and nature of the substance recently I study about dew point and bubble point.
Then I came up with this ...
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How to sustain iodine vapor in a big container (V=200 L)?
I am lost in a quest on how to have a big container in which I can have iodine vapor at a known temperature.
We intend send iodine into an air flow, and observe fluorescence of iodine in this flow. ...
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In an open system, can water vapor escape into the atmosphere before reaching the boiling point? [duplicate]
In a closed system, water vapor would have nowhere to go and atmospheric pressure would not be a factor. It would reach dynamic equilibrium with only water vapor.
But in an open system, I think that ...
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Conditions for a substance to show deliquescent or efflorescent behaviour
I have learnt that deliquescent substances are the ones which absorb moisture from the surroundings and convert them to solution and efflorescent substances are the ones which release moisture into ...
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Why vapor pressure is unaffected by change in atmospheric pressure [duplicate]
I am a high school student and I am very confused in a topic about "vapor pressure of liquid". Why doesn't a change in atmospheric pressure affect vapor pressure? I think intuitively that ...
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What does water saturated oxygen mean? [closed]
What does water saturated oxygen mean in this question:
The vapour pressure of water at 80º C is 355 torr. A 100 ml vessel contained water saturated oxygen at 80º C, the total gas pressure being 760 ...
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Does pH gets affected by pressure? [closed]
My attempt- I thought that pH is h+ ion concentration and change in volume will change its equilibrium according to le chatelier's principle .
But I want to know is it correct or it needs some ...
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Which temperature would allow a molecule to vaporize at ultra-low pressure? [closed]
I must vaporize a molecule with a normal boiling point of 320°C. Now I work with ultra-high vacuum and I need to bring my molecule to the gas phase. Has anyone a rough idea how high the temperature ...
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Will addition of inert gas change the vapour pressure of a liquid?
From this question on Physics SE Thermodynamics of evaporation:
Now imagine the experiment is repeated but instead of vacuum conditions, the water is pressurized with nitrogen at 1 atm. According to ...
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Relative humidity and vapor-pressure in equilibrium
I have quite an unclear understanding of relative humidity. I am writing my understanding on the topic and please correct me wherever I'm wrong:
What I understood:
Let's say $\ce{H2O}$ has a (...
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Partial pressure of gases in a container with a piston
I've been having problems with the following problem.
Figure 1.
A container with a piston like that shown in Figure 1 is filled with $0.10$ $mol$ of Ar and $1.00$ $mol$ of water (liquid and vapor). ...
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Can we compare the vapour pressure of solutions whose concentrations and temperature is known?
If we have some solutions, in which we know the temperature and concentration of the solute particles, can we compare their vapour pressures?
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Which solution has the highest vapour ...
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Does the composition of a solution keep changing when being boiled? [closed]
The mole fractions of the components of vapours aren't the same as those of the liquid-liquid solution (unless the solution is azeotropic), this implies a change in the composition of the liquid ...
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What is the difference between "vapour" and "gas"?
I have read the definition of vapour on Wikipedia, but I don't seem to have a clear idea about the difference between a vapour and a gas. I know what it means when it says, "gas at a temperature ...
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To calculate total vapour pressure of a solution
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1 mole each of A and B were mixed to obtain an ideal solution of which one mole went to the vapour phase at equilibrium.
If $P°_\mathrm{A} = \pu{100 torr}$ and $P°_\mathrm{B} = \pu{900 torr}$...
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Why doesn't relative humidity tend to 100%?
Relative humidity is defined as:
$$\frac{\text{pressure of $\ce{H2O}$ vapours}}{\text{vapour pressure of $\ce{H2O}$ at that temperature}} \times 100$$
Suppose the temperature is fixed and I apply Le ...
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Why does refrigerant condense in oil?
In a closed system (think of a typical AC system) why does refrigerant tend to condense and settle in oil?
I’ve heard that the vapor pressure of the oil is very low so that causes a pressure ...
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Depression of the Freezing Point
Recently we learnt that there is a depression in the freezing point when a non-volatile solute is added to the solvent. Our teacher explained this phenomenon with a graph where the vapour pressure of ...
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Does aqueous ammonium fluoride solution release hydrogen fluoride vapors?
Can $\ce{HF}$ vapors be released from $\ce{NH4F}$ solution in water $(w(\ce{NH4F}) = 40\,\%)$ at room temperature?
I assume that dissolving $\ce{NH4F}$ in water produces small amount of $\ce{HF}.$
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What affects the vapor pressure of a pure liquid? [closed]
So pretend we have two samples of pure benezene in equilibrium with its vapor. One sample containing 0.5 mol and one containing 1 mol. They're also both at the same temperature. Let's pretend they're ...
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Phase rule for a pure substance in vapor-liquid region
I'm confused with how the Gibbs Phase Rule works for pure substances in liquid-vapor mixtures. According to the phase rule, there should only be one degree of freedom for a two-phase mixture with a ...
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