Mass is described like this: Any thing that takes up space
Answer:
With thermodynamics, one cannot determine <u>the speed of a reaction</u>.
Explanation:
Chemical thermodynamics, a branch of chemistry that deals with study of interrelation of the heat and the work with the chemical reactions or with the physical changes of the state within confines of laws of thermodynamics.
Chemical thermodynamics' structure is derived from first two laws of chemical thermodynamics. From fundamental equations of Gibbs, a multitude of some equations which relates thermodynamic properties of thermodynamic system can be derived and can be used to calculate the reaction spontaneity, equilibrium constant, etc.
<u>Thermodynamics predicts about the direction, feasibility and the extent of a chemical process, it does not tell anything about the rate at which a chemical process may proceed.</u>
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Data:
<span>Solute: 28.5 g of glycerin (C3H8O3)
Solvent: 135 g of water at 343 k.
Vapor pressure of water at 343 k: 233.7 torr.
Quesiton: Vapor pressure of water
Solution:
Raoult's Law: </span><span><span>The vapour
pressure of a solution of a non-volatile solute is equal to the vapour
pressure of the pure solvent at that temperature multiplied by its mole
fraction.
Formula: p = Xsolvent * P pure solvent
X solvent = moles solvent / moles of solution
molar mass of H2O = 2*1.0g/mol + 16.0 g/mol = 18.0 g/mol
moles of solvent = 135 g of water / 18.0 g/mol = 7.50 mol
molar mass of C3H8O3 = 3*12.0 g/mol + 8*1 g/mol + 3*16g/mol = 92 g/mol
moles of solute = 28.5 g / 92.0 g/mol = 0.310 mol
moles of solution = moles of solute + moles of solvent = 7.50mol + 0.310mol = 7.810 mol
Xsolvent = 7.50mol / 7.81mol = 0.960
p = 233.7 torr * 0.960 = 224.4 torr
Answer: 224.4 torr
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