Vapour Pressure and Phase Change

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Vapour Pressure and Phase Change: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Phase Diagram, Sublimation of Substances, Saturated Vapour Pressure, Boiling Point, and Triple Point.

Important Questions on Vapour Pressure and Phase Change

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Superheating of water will be possible at which one of the following temperatures?

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Which of the following is NOT a method to prevent superheating of a liquid?

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Explain how do superheating and supercooling occur in water.

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The process of boiling a liquid above its boiling point is called _____.

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Boiling point of a liquid depends on its pressure.

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Which one of the following relations are used to find saturated vapor pressure at room temperature?

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Explain in brief why unsaturated vapor pressure decreases with temperature.

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Determine the boiling point of water at vapor pressure equal to 700 mm Hg in oC

The normal boiling point of water at 760 mm Hg vapour pressure is 100 oC, Enthalpy of vaporization for water is 40.66 kJ/mol. Take R=0.008314 kJ mol-1 K-1

 

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Which one of the following is the correct Clausius-Claperyon relation to determine the boiling point of a liquid at a given vapor pressure.

H is the enthalpy of vaporization
R is the universal gas constant
T1 is the normal boiling point
T2 is the boiling point which is to be determined
P1 is the pressure at normal boiling point
P2 is the pressure at which boiling point is to be determined
 

 

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What is the effect of superheating of liquid on a refrigeration cycle?

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Unsaturated vapour follows

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Which one of the following relations are used to characterize discontinuous phase transition between two states of matter of a single constituent?

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Vapour that remains in contact with its liquid surface within a closed space is called _____.

(Choose from: saturated vapour/unsaturated vapour)

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What is the critical temperature?

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What is the triple point of water is

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What is boiling point of liquid?

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In the phase diagram shown, the point Q corresponds to the triple point of water. The regions I, II, and III respectively corresponds to phases:
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The pair of boiling point and compound are given as,

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Which will show lowest vapour pressure at room temperature?

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The best method for the separation of naphthalene and benzoic acid from their mixture is

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Using the following information determine the boiling point of a mixture contains 1560 g benzene and 1125 g chlorobenzene, when the external pressure is 1000 torr. Assume the solution is ideal.
Given, Molar mass of benzene = 78

Molar mass of chlorobenzene = 112.5
 

Temperature
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Vapour pressure of benzene
(torr)
Vapour pressure of chlorobenznee (torr)
      80              750               120
      90             1000               200
     100             1350               300
     110             1800               400
     120             2200               540