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6. Sometimes it's hard to tell which thing is the solvent andwhich the solute – for example you can make mixtures of water andmethanol at any proportion. Fortunately, Raoult's law doesn't carewhich thing you call the solvent or solute; at a given temperature,both things have vapor pressures that fit theequation    PA = ΧAPA0 - where the right-hand side of theequation is the mole fraction times the pure liquid vapor pressureat that temperature.

a.) Calculate the vapor pressures for methanol(CH3OH, 32.04 g/mol, P0 = 13.02 kPa) andwater (18.02 g/mol, P0 = 3.20 kPa) above a mixturecontaining one mole each of methanol and water (in a sealedcontainer with a head-space for the vapor).

b.) Which of the two components' (methanol's or water's) vaporpressure would be depressed the most by addition of 10 g of NaCl(58.44 g/mol) assuming complete dissolution by a mechanism similarto that which takes place in aqueous solution (similar IMFs)?Calculate the percent change in that component's vaporpressure.

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4.5 Ratings (875 Votes)

moles of methanol = moles of water = 1

total moles = 2

mole fraction of each = 0.5

vapour pressure of solution = Pm Xm + PwXw

                                              = 13.02 x 0.5 + 3.20 x 0.5

                                              = 8.11 kPa

vapour pressure of solution    = 8.11 kPa

2)

here in methanol NaCl does not dissolve .

so NaCl i value = 1

in water will give 2 ions .

so NaCl i value = 2 .

vapour pressure is directly proportional to i value.

NaCl i value is more in water. in that vapour pressure is most depressed.
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