RAOULTS LAW & HENRYS
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CHE 698
Russell Mahmood
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Raoults Law & Henrys Law
Ideal Gas Assumption:
Molecules occupy zero space
Zero molecular interaction
Ideal Solution Assumption:
Two types of molecules are randomly
distributed
Molecules are assumed to be similar in size
and shape
Intermolecular forces in pure liquids & mixture
are similar
Examples: benzene & toluene, hexane and
heptane
Raoults Law & Henrys Law
(A solute)
(Bsolvent)
Raoults
Law
(A+B)
Henrys
Law
Raoults Law & Henrys Law
Raoults Law:
Describes the behavior of solvents containing a small volume fraction of
solute.
The vapor pressure of a component A in a solution at temperature T is
equal to the product of the mole fraction of A in solution and the vapor
pressure of pure A at temperature T.
Raoults Law & Henrys Law
Vapor Liquid
Equilibrium
Solute-solvent
molecules are
strongly bonded than
solvent-solvent
Solute-solvent
molecules are less
strongly bonded than
solvent-solvent
Saturated vapor
pressure of
solvent
Vapor Liquid
Equilibrium
Not
Raoults
law
Vapor Liquid
Equilibrium
Not
Raoults
law
Raoults Law & Henrys Law
Vapor Liquid
Equilibrium
Solute-solvent
molecules are equally
strongly bonded as
the solvent-solvent
molecules
Vapor Liquid
Equilibrium
Saturated vapor
pressure of
solvent
Raoults
law
Raoults Law & Henrys Law
Example #1 (Raoults Law):If 0.340 mol of a nonvolatile
nonelectrolyte are dissolved in 3.00 mol of water, what is the
vapor pressure of the resulting solution? (The vapor pressure of
pure water is 23.8 torr at 25.0
C.)
Raoults Law & Henrys Law
Henrys Law:
Describes the behavior of a solute in a dilute solution.
Sates that the amount of gas dissolved in a solution is directly
proportional to the partial pressure of the gas.
Raoults Law & Henrys Law
Solvent
molecules
surround solute.
Their effect
cannot be
ignored
Solute
molecule
Raoults Law & Henrys Law
Raoults Law & Henrys Law
Question:
In a typical 2L soda bottle, the partial pressure of CO2 is about 4atm. If
the Henrys Law constant () for in water at 298 K is 29.4 , what is the
concentration of in the soda?
Answer:
Raoults Law & Henrys Law
Raoults
Law
Henrys
Law
Raoults Law & Henrys Law
Pressure
of a
solution
Pressure
from
solvent
Pressure
from
solute
Calculate
using
Raoults
Law
Calculate
using
Henrys
Law
Raoults Law & Henrys Law
References:
1) Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Smith & Van Ness, 7 th Edition
2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%27s_law
3) http://
dwb.unl.edu/Teacher/NSF/C09/C09Links/www.chem.ualberta.ca/courses/plambeck/p101/p01182.h
tm
4) http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Physical_Chemistry/Physical_Properties_of_Matter/Solutions_and_Mixt
ures/Ideal_Solutions/Dissolving_Gases_In_Liquids,_Henry's_Law