Liquid State Problems and Calculations
Liquid State Problems and Calculations
PROPOSED PROBLEMS
At -78°C, the vapor pressure of dry ice (CO2)2solid) is 1 atmosphere and at 20°C is
56.6 atmospheres. Calculate the enthalpy of sublimation of dry ice.
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2. critical (1.25 atm, 400 K). Approximately draw the P-T diagram if your temperature of
The normal fusion is 333 K and indicate in it the normal boiling temperature and the
necessary pressure to sublimate the solid at 300 K. In this species, for the same mass,
Will the volume of the solid be greater than that of the liquid?
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3. A liquid exhibits the following vapor pressures as a function of temperature
P mmHg 10 40 100 400
T °C 593 673 736 844
Determine the heat of vaporization of that liquid and its normal boiling point.
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4. Determine the temperature inside a pressure cooker, knowing that there is water in it.
boiling at 200 kPa, using the integrated Clausius Clapeyron equation, with the values
from the normal boiling point.
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At 20,320 ft high on the summit of Mount McKinley, pure water boils at only 75ºC (note
When this happens, the hot tea will be lukewarm and weak). What will the atmospheric pressure be?
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6. The normal melting point and normal boiling point of Ar are 83.8 and 87.3 K; its triple point
it is at 83.8K and 0.7 atm, and its critical temperature and pressure values are 151K and
48 atm. Determine whether Ar is a solid, liquid, or gas under each of the conditions.
siguientes: (a) 0.9 atm y 90K; (b) 0.7 atm y 80K; (c) 0.8 atm y 88K; (d) 0.8 atm y 84K; (e) 1.2
atm 83.5K
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7. Use Trouton's rule to estimate the enthalpy of vaporization of ethane knowing that
its boiling point at 1 atm is -88.6°C.
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7. A cylinder-piston device with a set of stops at the top contains
3 kg of saturated liquid water at 200 kPa. Heat is transferred to the water, which causes that
a part of the liquid evaporates and moves the piston upward. When the piston
the enclosed volume reaches the limits is 60 liters. More heat is added until it
double the pressure. Calculate the work and heat transfer during the process.
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8. One mole of an ideal gas is slowly heated from the state PV (Pi Vi) to (3Pi 3
in such a way that the pressure is directly proportional to the volume.
How much work is done on the gas in the process?
How is the temperature of the gas related to its volume during this?
process?
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