Homework 4

Single Component Phase Equilibrium

1. Benzene freezes at 5.50

C under a pressure of 1 atm, and at 5.78

C under a pressure of 100

atm. Its latent heat of fusion is 30.48 cal g
-1
and the density of the liquid is 0.896 g cm
-3
.
Estimate the solid density at the melting point. [0.906 g cm
-3
]



2. The normal boiling point of ethanol is 78.4

C, and its critical point is at 243.1

C and 63.1 atm.

Estimate the vapour pressure at 126

C, and compare with the value of 5 atm given in Perry.

[4.63 atm using Clausius-Clapeyron; 5.18 atm using Antoine Equation]