All categories

3 years ago

The reduced vapor pressure at high altitudes causes a liquid to boil at a temperature.

Chemistry

2 answers:

USPshnik [31]3 years ago

7 0

<h3>Answer:</h3>

Lower Temperature

<h3>Explanation:</h3>

The boiling point is defined as the temperature at which the vapor pressure of a given liquid becomes equal to the external pressure or atmospheric pressure. Boiling point is mainly effected by following factors:

1) Inter-Molecular Interactions:

Greater the intermolecular interactions greater will be the boiling point because more energy is required to overcome these intermolecular interactions.

Example:

Water = 100 °C

Diethyl ether = 34.5 °C

Water requires more energy because it contains hydrogen bond interactions which are considered the strongest intermolecular interactions. While, Diethyl ether lacks Hydrogen bondings.

2) External Pressure:

The boiling point also varies with changing the external pressure for the same solvent. Greater the external pressure greater will be the boiling points and vice versa.

Example:

Water:

External Pressure Boiling Point

1 atm 100 °C

0.921 atm 98 °C

0.425 atm 72 °C

irinina [24]3 years ago

5 0

At higher altitudes (and thus lower atmospheric pressures), water boils at a lower temperature. This is because the lack of vapor pressure at that altitude doesn't constrain the speed of the molecules with barometric pressure. Therefore, the water begins boiling at a lower temperature. This is often a disadvantage because even if the water is boiling, it won't be hot enough for meals (which is why heat and temperature are distinct). That's why we have pressure cookers, which manage to keep a stable boiling point.
Did that help?

You might be interested in

A hot lump of 39.9 g of iron at an initial temperature of 78.1 °C is placed in 50.0 mL H 2 O initially at 25.0 °C and allowed to

Drupady [299]

Answer : The final temperature of the mixture is $29.6^oC$

Explanation :

In this problem we assumed that heat given by the hot body is equal to the heat taken by the cold body.

$q_1=-q_2$

$m_1\times c_1\times (T_f-T_1)=-m_2\times c_2\times (T_f-T_2)$

where,

$c_1$ = specific heat of iron = $0.499J/g^oC$

$c_2$ = specific heat of water = $4.18J/g^oC$

$m_1$ = mass of iron = 39.9 g

$m_2$ = mass of water = $Density\times Volume=1g/mL\times 50.0mL=50.0g$

$T_f$ = final temperature of mixture = ?

$T_1$ = initial temperature of iron = $78.1^oC$

$T_2$ = initial temperature of water = $25.0^oC$

Now put all the given values in the above formula, we get

$(39.9g)\times (0.499J/g^oC)\times (T_f-78.1)^oC=-(50.0g)\times 4.18J/g^oC\times (T_f-25.0)^oC$

$T_f=29.6^oC$

Therefore, the final temperature of the mixture is $29.6^oC$

8 0

3 years ago

Why can liquid boil at a low pressure?

Paladinen [302]

Answer: I found this online. Hope it helps you.

Explanation:

This pressure is transmitted throughout the liquid and makes it more difficult for bubbles to form and for boiling to take place. If the pressure is reduced, the liquid requires less energy to change to a gaseous phase, and boiling occurs at a lower temperature.

7 0

4 years ago

Help 4 me???? ples????

frutty [35]

Answer:

its the first one.

Explanation:

If sodium loses an electron, it now has 11 protons, 11 neutrons, and only 10 electrons, leaving it with an overall charge of +1

3 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers

Dose your heart muscle get tired? Yes or no.

WARRIOR [948]

Answer:

no 

Explanation:

our heart muscles never get tired, because it has to pump blood in our body 72 times a minute, it is made of special cardiac muscles which helps it to perform it's function without getting tired ....

i hope it helped.....

5 0

3 years ago

What are three ways of the atmosphere is important to living things?

UNO [17]

1. Blocks Ultra violet rays that can be harmful.
2. Provides Oxygen, so we can live.
3. It blocks meteors from hitting Earth's surface.

7 0

3 years ago