RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The molar mass of volatile liquid was calculated using the dry flask mass, boiling
water temperature in Kelvin, the mass of vapor, flask volume, and atmospheric
pressure variables. The ideal gas law was used to compute the substance's molar
mass, moles of vapor, and mass of vapor. For this experiment, two trials were
performed, and the experimenters were able to use the ideal gas law to get results
of 0.005 for both trials. Table 1 shows the values obtained computing for the molar
mass using ideal gas law.

Table No.1 Values Obtained Computing for The Molar Mass Using Ideal Gas Law
Trial 1 Trial 2
Mass of dry flask, foil and rubber 74.08 74.07
band (g)
Temperature of boiling water (K) 372.65 372.65
Mass of vapor, dry flask, foil and 74.38 74.36
rubber band (g)
Volume of flask (L) 0.150 0.150
Atmospheric pressure (atm) 0.998 0.998
Moles of vapor (mol) ( 0.998 atm ) ( 0.150 L ) ( 0.998 atm ) ( 0.150 L )
n vapor = n vapor =
(
0.08205
atm L
mol K )( 372.65 K ) ( 0.08205
atm L
mol K )( 372.65 K )
¿ 0.005 mol ¿ 0.005 mol
Mass of vapor (g) mvapor =74.38 g−74.08 g=0.30 g mvapor =74.36 g−74.07 g=0.29 g
Molar mass of compound (g/mol) 0.30 g g 0.30 g g
M M compound = =60 M M compound = =58
0.005 mol 0.005 mol
Average molar mass of compound g g
(g/mol)
60 +58
mol mol g
=59
2 mol

The van der Waals equation is utilized to determine the moles of vapor instead of
the previously used ideal gas law. a = 15.61 atm-L2/mol2 and b = 0.11109 L/mol
were the constant values for van der Waals. The results found while computing the
molar using the van der Waals equation are displayed in Table 2.

Table No.2 Values Obtained Computing for The Molar Mass Using Van Der Waals equation

Trial 1 Trial 2
Moles of vapor (mol) 0.004962 mol 0.004962 mol
Mass of vapor (g) 0.30 0.29
Molar mass of compound 60.47 58.47
(g/mol)
Average molar mass of 59.475
compound (g/mol)
Standard deviation 1.005
%RSD 1.69 %

( )
2
n a
The equation P+ 2 ( V −nb )=nRT , or the Van der Waals equation, was used to
V
compute the molar mass in table number 2.