Question #5b292

1 Answer
Sep 16, 2016

The water will boil at 119 °C.

Explanation:

Chemists often use the Clausius-Clapeyron equation to estimate the vapour pressures and boiling points of pure liquids:

color(blue)(bar(ul(|color(white)(a/a) ln(P_2/P_1) = (Δ_"vap"H)/R(1/T_1- 1/T_2)color(white)(a/a)|)))" "

where

P_1 and P_2 are the vapour pressures at temperatures
T_1 and T_2

Δ_"vap"H = enthalpy of vaporization of the liquid

R = Universal Gas Constant

In your problem,

P_2 = "1.90 atm"; P_1 = "1 atm"

Δ_"vap"H = "40.66 kJ/mol" at 100 °C

R = "0.008 314 kJ·K"^"-1""mol"^"-1"

T_2 = "?"; T_1 = "100.00 °C" = "373.15 K"

ln((1.90 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("atm"))))/(1 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("atm"))))) = (40.66 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("kJ·mol"^"-1"))))/("0.008 314" color(red)(cancel(color(black)("kJ")))·"K"^"-1"color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mol"^"-1"))))(1/("373.15 K") - 1/T_2)

0.642 = 13.11 - (4891 "K")/T_2

"-12.46" = "-4891 K"/T_2

T_2 = "4891 K"/12.46 = "392 K" = "119 °C"