Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach 8th Edition

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Chapter 16 - Chemical and Phase Equilibrium - Problems - Page 833: 16-77

Answer

$0.24\%$ $99.76\%$

Work Step by Step

The vapor pressures are $$ \begin{aligned} & P_{\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}}=y_{f, \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}} P_{\text {sat }, \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}}(T)=0.40(4.247 \mathrm{kPa})=1.70\ \mathrm{kPa} \\ & P_{\mathrm{NH}_3}=y_{f, \mathrm{NH}_3} P_{\text {sat }, \mathrm{NH}_3}(T)=0.60(1167.4 \mathrm{kPa})=700.44\ \mathrm{kPa} \end{aligned} $$ Thus the total pressure of the mixture is $$ P_{\text {total }}=P_{\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}}+P_{\mathrm{NH}_3}=(1.70+700.44) \mathrm{kPa}=702.1\ \mathrm{kPa} $$ Then the mole fractions in the vapor phase become $$ \begin{aligned} & y_{g, \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}}=\frac{P_{\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}}}{P_{\text {total }}}=\frac{1.70 \mathrm{kPa}}{702.1 \mathrm{kPa}}=\mathbf{0 . 0 0 2 4} \text { or } 0.24 \% \\ & y_{\mathrm{g}, \mathrm{NH}_3}=\frac{P_{\mathrm{NH}_3}}{P_{\text {total }}}=\frac{700.44 \mathrm{kPa}}{702.1 \mathrm{kPa}}=\mathbf{0 . 9 9 7 6} \text { or } 99.76 \% \end{aligned} $$
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