Question

Consider 55 ml of water (h2o) in a beaker and 55 ml of acetone [(ch3)2co] in an identical beaker under identical conditions. complete the sentences to explain the relationship between the vapor pressure of water and acetone. match the words in the left column to the appropriate blanks in the sentences on the right.

Answer 1

I cannot answer this question exactly if the choices are not given. There is obviously more to this question. However, I can still give an idea about the vapor pressure of water and acetone. Acetone is a liquid ketone. It is more volatile compared to water. Therefore, you will expect acetone to have a lower vapor pressure than water. With the same conditions and same amount of initial volume, at a certain amount of time, the amount of liquid left in the container for water than acetone. This is because most of the acetone has already vaporized.