Westminster H.S.

• AP Chemistry Name ________________________________

Period ___ Date ___/___/___

10 • IMF’s, Liquids, and Solids

BOILING PRACTICE
Vapor Pressures of Various Liquids

Ethyl Methyl Carbon

Temperature Alcohol Benzene Salicylate Water Tetrachloride
(°C) (mmHg) (mmHg) (mmHg) (mmHg) (mmHg)
–10 5.6 19 2.1 15
–5 8.3 25 3.2 20
0 12.2 33 4.6 27
5 17.3 43 6.5 35
10 23.6 56 9.2 45
15 32.2 71 12.8 58
20 43.9 91 17.5 74
25 59.0 114 23.8 94
30 78.8 143 31.8 118
35 103.7 176 42.2 147
40 135.3 216 55.3 182
45 174.0 263 71.9 225
50 222.2 317 92.5 271
55 280.6 379 118.0 325
60 352.7 451 1.41 149.4 389
65 448.8 531 1.90 190.0 462
70 542.5 622 2.52 233.7 547
75 666.1 720 3.40 289.1 643
80 812.6 843 4.41 355.1 753
85 986.7 968 5.90 433.6 877
90 1187 1122 7.63 525.8 1020
95 1420 1270 9.93 633.9 1180
100 1693.3 1463 12.8 760.0 1360

Ex1. A beaker of benzene (C6H6) is at room temperature (20° C). What is its vapor pressure? ______mmHg
Is this vapor pressure large enough to cause the benzene to boil at sea level? _____

Ex2. All of the liquids are heated to 80°C, circle those that will be boiling when the air pressure is 760 mmHg.
ethyl alcohol benzene methyl salicylate water carbon tetrachloride

Ex3. If the temperature remains unchanged, but the pressure above the liquids is reduced to 700 mmHg, circle those
substances that will be boiling.
ethyl alcohol benzene methyl salicylate water carbon tetrachloride
Problems:
1. A beaker of ethyl alcohol at room temperature (20° C) and a beaker of benzene at room temperature are both
placed on a hot plate on a day when the air pressure is only 700 mmHg. Which one of the two liquids will start
to boil first? ________________ … It will boil at about what temperature? _________

2. A beaker of carbon tetrachloride is warmed to 60° C and connected to a vacuum pump so the air pressure above
the liquid can be changed. The pump is turned on. At what pressure will the liquid start to boil? ______mmHg
What would this pressure be in atmospheres? ______ atm [show calculation here]

3. At 75° C, in a place where the air pressure is only 650 mmHg, circle the substances that will be boiling.
ethyl alcohol benzene methyl salicylate water carbon tetrachloride

4. The pressure above the five substances is adjusted to 550 mmHg. What is the approximate boiling point of
each substance at this pressure? [methyl salicylate is excluded]
ethyl alcohol benzene water carbon tetrachloride
_____ _____ _____ _____

5. At 550 mmHg, when the temperature is hot enough to get the ethyl alcohol to boil, will the carbon tetrachloride
also be boiling? ____

6. At 75° C, I start the pressure above the liquids at 760 mmHg and slowly reduce it using the vacuum pump. In
which order will the substances boil?
1st__________ 2nd__________ 3rd__________ 4th__________ 5th__________

7. Determine the approximate “normal boiling point” of each substance below:

ethyl alcohol benzene water carbon tetrachloride
_____ _____ _____ _____

8. Study the chart of vapor pressures at 25° C. Rate the five substances in terms of their IMF’s (intermolecular
forces of attraction).
strongest IMF’s ____________________
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weakest IMF’s ____________________

9. Why doesn’t data for methyl salicylate start until 60° C? _____________________________________
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