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The following graph provides the equilibrium conditions of Ammonia at various temperatures.

The graph provides the relation between Weight% of NH3 and its partial pressure over aqueous ammonia
solutions.
We can calculate mole fraction of NH3(X) from weight% of NH3as:
X=
From the values of mm of Hg we get Y = P*/Ptotal
P* =

gives Y =

Plotting Y vs X gives us equilibrium curve

From excel sheet we get the data points for x and y.

Equilibrium Line
Weight %
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

X
0.010582
0.021152
0.031709
0.042254
0.052786
0.063306
0.073814
0.084309
0.094792
0.105263
0.115722
0.126168
0.136602
0.147025
0.157434

Pressure in mm Hg
31
61
100
132
170
210
260
310
360
420
470
520
600
660
740

Y
0.002445
0.004812
0.007888
0.010413
0.01341
0.016566
0.02051
0.024454
0.028398
0.033131
0.037076
0.04102
0.047331
0.052064
0.058374

Now we plot a straight line between initial point and final point and call it the operating line.
Operating Line
x
0
0.0113
0.0226
0.0339
0.0452
0.0565
0.0678
0.0791
0.0904
0.1017
0.113
0.1243
0.1356
0.1469
0.1582

y
0.0004
0.017579
0.034758
0.051937
0.069116
0.086295
0.103474
0.120653
0.137832
0.155011
0.17219
0.189369
0.206548
0.223727
0.240906

After obtaining the equilibrium and operating line we take the average of the y values of operating line
and equilibrium line for same value of x and get the bisection line.
x
0.010582
0.021152
0.031709
0.042254
0.052786
0.063306
0.073814
0.084309
0.094792
0.105263
0.115722
0.126168
0.136602
0.147025
0.157434

y1
0.002445
0.004812
0.007888
0.010413
0.01341
0.016566
0.02051
0.024454
0.028398
0.033131
0.037076
0.04102
0.047331
0.052064
0.058374

y2
0.016487
0.032556
0.048605
0.064636
0.080648
0.096642
0.112616
0.128572
0.144509
0.160428
0.176328
0.192209
0.208072
0.223916
0.239742

Avg of y1 and y2
0.009466
0.018684
0.028247
0.037524
0.047029
0.056604
0.066563
0.076513
0.086454
0.09678
0.106702
0.116614
0.127701
0.13799
0.149058

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