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Find the mole fraction in the vapor phase.?
given that Pben is 94.6 torr and Ptoluene is 29.1 torr, where the total vapor pressure is 72 torr.
The answers are Pben 0.85 and Ptol 0.15 but i dont' understand how they came up with the answer. Could someone help with a walk through? Thanks!
2 Answers
- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
Your in Luck.
so first thing to note is that this is a two component raoult's law problem. Therefore we will need to use these equations.
Ya*P=Xa*Pa.sat
Yb*P=Xb*Pb.sat
Pa.sat and Pb.sat are saturated pressures (vapor partial pressures) which are given to you in the question
Ya and Yb are mole fractions in the liquid phase ( which we aren't given and will not need)
Xa and Xb are mole fraction in the vapor phase ( which we are trying to find)
let a be toluene and b benzene
We know that sum of mole fraction must equal one.
so Ya + Yb = 1
when we rewrite raoult's law using algebra, we see that:
P= Xa*Pa.sat + Xb*Pb.sat
Now there is a problem because we have 2 unknowns. This is really easy to deal with since its two component.
Here we can also say that summation of mole fraction for vapor phase must equal 1.
Xa +Xb=1
so
Xb=1-Xa
then we plug this back into main equation
P= Xa*Pa.sat + (1-Xa)*Pb.sat
solve for Xa then solve for Xb
Source(s): I took advanced thermodynamics not to long ago and I loved problems like this. If this isn't right then im sry it should be though. :)