Question #5b292

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Sep 16, 2016

The water will boil at 119 °C.

Explanation:

Chemists often use the Clausius-Clapeyron equation to estimate the vapour pressures and boiling points of pure liquids:

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where

#P_1# and #P_2# are the vapour pressures at temperatures
#T_1# and #T_2#

#Δ_"vap"H# = enthalpy of vaporization of the liquid

#R# = Universal Gas Constant

In your problem,

#P_2 = "1.90 atm"#; #P_1 = "1 atm"#

#Δ_"vap"H = "40.66 kJ/mol"# at 100 °C

#R = "0.008 314 kJ·K"^"-1""mol"^"-1"#

#T_2 = "?"#; #T_1 = "100.00 °C" = "373.15 K"#

#ln((1.90 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("atm"))))/(1 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("atm"))))) = (40.66 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("kJ·mol"^"-1"))))/("0.008 314" color(red)(cancel(color(black)("kJ")))·"K"^"-1"color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mol"^"-1"))))(1/("373.15 K") - 1/T_2)#

#0.642 = 13.11 - (4891 "K")/T_2#

#"-12.46" = "-4891 K"/T_2#

#T_2 = "4891 K"/12.46 = "392 K" = "119 °C"#