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The Henry's Law constant for CO2 is 3.4 x 10-2 M/atm at 25°C. What pressure of carbon dioxide is needed to maintain a CO2 concentration of 0.10 M in a can of soda?
Ans. Following Henry’s Law, the concertation of a gas in liquid phase is given by-
Cgas = KH x Pgas
Where, Cgas = concentration of gas in terms of molarity
KH = Henry’s constant for the gas for specified temperature and liquid.
Pgas = Pressure of gas
Putting the values in above equation-
0.10 M = (3.4 x 10-2 M atm-1) x Pgas
Or, Pgas = 0.10 M / (3.4 x 10-2 M atm-1) = 2.94 atm
Therefore, required pressure of CO2 in the soda can = 2.94 atm