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1. If 3.01g of the vapor of a volatile liquid is able to fill a 352-mL flask at

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Question

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If 3.01g of the vapor of a volatile liquid is able to fill a 352-mL flask at 210C and 728mm Hg, what is the molecular weight of the liquid?

**Write answer in decimal form to one decimal place.**

2.

It was important that the flask be completely dry before the unknown liquid was added so that water present would not vaporize when the flask was heated. A typical single drop of liquid water has a volume of approximately 0.05mL.

Assuming the density of water is 1.0g/mL, if 6 drops of water were left in the flask how many moles of water would this be?

** Write answer in decimal form to four decimal places.**

Explanation / Answer

1) Given that

mass of vapor of volatile liquid, m = 3.01 g

                 volume of flask ,V = 352 mL = 0.352 L

               pressure , P = 728 mm Hg = 728/760 atm = 0.958 atm ( 1 atm = 760 mm Hg)

               temperature, T= 210oC = 210+273 K = 483 K

              Molecular weight (or) molar mass of liquid, M = ?

              Ideal gas equation is PV = nRT where R = universal gas constant = 0.0821 L.atm/K/mol

                                       PV = (m/M) RT   [ moles n = mass (m) / molarmass (M) ]

                                    M = mRT/PV

                                       = [(3.01g) (0.0821 L.atm/K/mol) (483 K) ]/ [(0.958) (0.352 L)]

                                      = 353.95 g/mol

                                 M = 353.95 g/mol

      Therefore, molecular weight of the liquid = 353.95 g/mol

b)   Given that

          volume of single drop of liquid water = 0.05 mL

                                       density of water = 1.0 g/mL

             Hence, mass of single drop water = volume x density = 0.05 mL x 1.0 g/mL = 0.05 g

Therefore, mass of 6 drops of water = 6 x 0.05 g = 0.3 g

                 We know that molar mass of water = 18 g/mol

          Hence, moles of 6 drops of water = mass of 6 drops of water / molar mass of water

                                                               = (0.3 g)/ (18 g/mol)

                                                             = 0.0167 moles

                     moles of 6 drops of water = 0.0167

       Therefore, 6 drops of water are equal to 0.0167 moles of water.