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PRESSURE TEMPERATURE
PHASE DIAGRAM HW

When moving along O pressure is (increasing, decreasing, constant)… temperature is (increasing, decreasing, constant)

When moving along N pressure is (increasing, decreasing, constant)… temperature is (increasing, decreasing, constant)

When moving along P pressure is (increasing, decreasing, constant)… temperature is (increasing, decreasing, constant)

When moving along M pressure is (increasing, decreasing, constant). temperature is (increasing, decreasing, constant)

Can water freeze due to a change in pressure without a change in temperature? Yes/Now (Give example) _............

Part A Match the arrow or point on the graph with the appropriate description or definition.

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An increase in both temperature and pressure causing the gas to turn to liquid.
A decrease in pressure causing sublimation.
An increase in pressure resulting in the melting of ice.
An increase in temperature causing liquid to boil and turn into a vapor (gas).
A combination of increased temperature and pressure resulting in the melting of the solid.
A decrease in temperature causing the liquid to freeze to a solid.
A decrease in temperature causing deposition.
A decrease in pressure causing liquid to boil and turn into a vapor (gas).
A decrease in pressure resulting in the freezing of a liquid.
An increase in temperature causing sublimation.
A decrease in temperature combined with a increase in pressure causing the gas to turn to liquid.
An increase in pressure causing deposition.
An increase in temperature which causes melting.
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 Part B – Generic Phase Diagram. Q’s 1-7 go with the Generic
Phase diagram shown at left.
1. Which section represents the solid phase? ______
liquid phase? ___ gaseous phase? _____

2. What letter represents the triple point? ___

3. What is this substance’s normal melting point (1 atm) ? _____
4. What is this substance’s normal boiling point(1 atm) ? _____
5. What temperature is it impossible to liquefy this substance, no
matter how high the pressure? __________
6. At what temperature and pressure do all three phases coexist? _________________________
7. At a constant temperature (vertical move on graph) , what would will cause this substance to change from the liquid to
solid ? Increase or decrease in pressure.

Part C – Phase Diagram for Water. (Shown to the right)

8. At 1 atm, what is the normal freezing point of water? ____
9. What is the “normal” boiling point of water, (1 atm)? ____
10. Albuquerque is 5,500 feet above sea level, which means the
atmospheric pressure is less than 1 atm. Will water freeze at a
lower or higher temp. in Alb? __________
11. Will water boil at a higher or lower temperature? _________
12. What problems might this changed boiling point create?

Part C – Phase Diagram for Carbon Dioxide. (To the right)

14. At 1 atmosphere and room temperature (25C), would you
expect solid carbon dioxide to melt to the liquid phase, or
sublime to the gas phase? _____________
15. Some industrial processes require carbon dioxide. The
carbon dioxide is stored on-site in large tanks as liquid
carbon dioxide. Assuming we lived at sea level (1 atm),
how could carbon dioxide be liquefied?

16. Compare Line OD on the phase diagram for CO2 to the

corresponding line on the phase diagram for H2O above.
How do the slopes compare? … How does this make the
freezing/melting of these substances to differ?