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3 years ago

Tell why small droplets of water on an oily surface are almost spherical.

Chemistry

1 answer:

nlexa [21]3 years ago

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Explanation:

When the water droplets are placed in oily surface, oil being non-polar, thus there will not be adhesive force between water and oil.

Thus, surface tension is the factor which is responsible for shape of the water droplets to be spherical. The water molecules are pulled into the spherical shape by the action of the cohesive forces which is acting on the surface layer. As, the medium is totally different outside, the water molecules tend to get the minimum area and thus, forming spherical droplets.

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The partial pressure of methanol is $P_{CH_3OH_{(g)}} =0.077 \ bar$

The partial pressure of carbon monoxide is $P_{CO} = 0.382 \ bar$

The partial pressure at hydrogen is $P_H = O \ bar$

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From the question we are told that

The volume of the flask is $V_f = 10.0 \ L$

The initial pressure of carbon monoxide gas is $P_{CO} = 0.461 \ bar$

The initial temperature of carbon monoxide gas is $T_{CO} = 22.0^oC$

The volume of the hydrogen gas is $V_h = 200 mL = 200 *10^{-3} \ L$

The initial pressure of the hydrogen is $P_H = 7.10 \ bar$

The initial temperature of the hydrogen is $T_H = 271 \ K$

The reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen is represented as

$CO_{(g)} + 2H_2_{(g)} \rightarrow CH_3OH_{(g)}$

Generally from the ideal gas equation the initial number of moles of carbon monoxide is

$n_1 = \frac{P_{CO} * V_f }{RT_{CO}}$

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$n_2 = \frac{P_{H} * V_H }{RT_{H}}$

$n_2 = \frac{ 7.10 * 0.2 }{0.0821 * 271 }$

=> $n_2 = 0.064$

Generally from the chemical equation of the reaction we see that

2 moles of hydrogen gas reacts with 1 mole of CO

=> 0.064 moles of hydrogen gas will react with x mole of CO

$x = \frac{0.064}{2}$

=> $x = 0.032 \ moles \ of \ CO$

Generally from the chemical equation of the reaction we see that

2 moles of hydrogen gas reacts with 1 mole of $CH_3OH_{(g)}$

=> 0.064 moles of hydrogen gas will react with z mole of $CH_3OH_{(g)}$

$z = \frac{0.064}{2}$

=> $z = 0.032 \ moles \ of \ CH_3OH_{(g)}$

From this calculation we see that the limiting reactant is hydrogen

Hence the remaining CO after the reaction is

$n_k = n_1 - x$

=> $n_k = 0.19 - 0.032$

=> $n_k = 0.156$

So at the end of the reaction , the partial pressure for CO is mathematically represented as

$P_{CO} = \frac{n_k * R * T_{CO}}{V}$

=> $P_{CO} = \frac{0.158 * 0.0821 * 295}{10}$

=> $P_{CO} = 0.382 \ bar$

Generally the partial pressure of hydrogen is 0 bar because hydrogen was completely consumed given that it was the limiting reactant

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$P_{CH_3OH_{(g)}} = \frac{z * R * T_{CO}}{V_f}$

Here $T_{CO}$ is used because it is given the question that the temperature returned to 22.0 degrees C

$P_{CH_3OH_{(g)}} = \frac{0.03 * 0.0821 * 295}{10}$

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