Chemistry: A Molecular Approach (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Sections 12.1-12.8 - Exercises - Problems by Topic - Page 590: 72

Answer

$138torr$

Work Step by Step

We can calculate the required vapor pressure of hexane as follows: $m_{C_{10}H_8}=12.35g$ $m_{C_6H_{14}}=100g-12.35g=87.65g$ The number of moles of naphthalene $n_{C_{10}H_8}=\frac{12.35g \space C_{10}H_8\times 1mol\space C_{10}H_8}{128.1702g\space C_{10}H_8}=0.096356mol\space C_{10}H_8$ and the number of moles of hexane $n_{C_6H_{14}}=\frac{87.65g\space C_6H_{14}\times 1mol C_6H_{14}}{86.1748g\space C_6H_{14}}=1.0171molC_6H_{14}$ Now $P=X_{C_6H_{14}}P^{\circ}_{C_6H_{14}}$ $\implies P=(\frac{n_{C_6H_{14}}}{n_{C_6H_{14}}+n_{C_{10}H_8}})P^{\circ}_{C_6H_{14}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $P=(\frac{1.0171mol}{1.0171mol+0.096365mol})(151torr)=138torr$
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