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Exercise 12.98 A gas has a Henry's law constant of 0.136 M/atm Part A How much water would be needed to completely dissolve 1.53 L of the gas at a pressure of 745 torr and a temperature of 23 ∘C?
henry's law...
Pgas = kH x c
or
c = kH x Pgas
Both of those equations are common henry's law expressions and you
have to look at the units of kH to know what equation you're
dealing with. kH either has units of Latm / mole = atm / M.. or...
mole / Latm... M / atm...you have the second...so.. which equation
do you use?
look at the first...P = kH x c.... ---> P / c = kH.. atm / M...
you don't have that...
now look at the second.. c = kH x P.. c / P = kH.. M / atm... you
do have that..
so for this problem...
c = kH x Pgas
where...
Pgas = partial pressure of gas above liquid
kH = henry's law constant
c = concentration of gas in the liquid state.
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c = 745 torr x (1atm / 760 torr) x ((0.136 moles / L) / atm) =
0.133 moles / L liquid
and from PV = nRT
n = PV / RT..
n = (745 torr x 1atm/760 torr) x (1.53L) / [(0.08206 Latm/moleK) x
(296K)] = 0.0617 moles gas
then finally...
0.0617 moles gas x (1L liquid / 0.133 moles) = 0.463 L of
water