CAB 2023 CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMIC

Tutorial Six

Fundamentals of Phase Equilibrium – Part 2

6. Make an estimate of the ideal solubility of ethane in n-hexane at 22 oC under 1 bar

pressure of pure ethane using only its critical properties (T c = 305.4 oK, Pc = 48.2 atm)
and its normal boiling point (the temperature at which its vapor pressure is 1 atm) of
184.6oK. The measured solubility is 0.0174 mol ethane/mol hexane.

xi  0.0256 Clapeyron approximation

Ans :
xi  0.0171 Measured

7. Estimate the boiling point elevation caused by dissolving 128 gm naphthalene (C 10H8) in
1.000 kg CS2. The measured elevation is 2.432oC.

Ans :  Tv  0.007 C
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8. What is the minimum pressure needed to drive pure water from a 1 molar sucrose
solution through a semipermeable membrane at 25oC?

Ans : Pmin  24.6 bar

9. The change in enthalpy on melting of napthylamine (MW = 146) is 13.2 kJ/gm mol at its
melting point of 50oC. What would be the ideal solubility of this compound in n-octane at
25oC (gm/100gm)?

10. What is the minimum amount of work needed to separate completely an equimolar liquid
mixture of the three xylenes (ortho, meta, and para) into the three pure materials at 25oC
(kJ/mol)? Do you think this could ever be reached in a real process? What separation
process would be likely to work best?

kJ
Ans : Wmin  2.72 to separate
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