Sample Calculations

1. Corrected Barometric Pressure

2. Molar Mass of Moist Air

3. Density of Moist Air

4. Calibration constants

Linearizing:

A. For water

Table 7._. Calibration data using various substances

Substance

h, cm

/(-o), dyne cm2/g

Water

2.2

71.56886

Ethyl Acetate

1.2

25.58976

Acetone

0.2

28.85955

Removing the data for Acetone and plotting the remaining values:
80
70

/-o,dyne cm2/g

60
y = 45.979x - 29.585
R = 1

50
40
30
20
10
0
1

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8
h, cm

Fig. 7._.

2.2

2.4

5. Density (1-propanol, 0.05M)

For 1-propanol
Concentration, M

soln (g/cm3)

0.8

0.987666533522518

0.7

0.987879984147238

0.6

0.988581321914172

0.5

0.989516438936752

0.4

0.990888621524233

0.3

0.987686862153444

0.2

0.993358550181699

0.05

0.995818314523702

For NaCl

6. Surface Tension

a. 1-propanol (0.05M)

Concentration, M

soln (g/cm3)

0.5

1.015557415

0.25

1.024237741

1.032979052

1.5

1.05134597

1.069743381

7. Surface Excess Concentration () and effective cross-sectional area (ECAPM)

a. Surface Excess Concentration ()

Linearizing:

For 1-propanol:
lnC

, N/m

-0.22314355131421

0.05246157669770

-0.35667494393873

0.05247292740821

-0.51082562376599

0.05251022259991

-0.69314718055995

0.06164902554004

-0.91629073187416

0.06173461273605

-1.20397280432594

0.06153490927870

-1.60943791243410

0.07557528075496

-2.99573227355399

0.06204209266245

0.08
0.08
0.07

0.06
y = -0.0048x + 0.0549
R = 0.3135

0.06

, N/m

0.07

0.05
0.05

-3.50

-3.00

-2.50

-2.00
-1.50
ln C, M

b. Effective cross-sectional area per molecule (ECAPM)

-1.00

-0.50

0.04
0.00

For NaCl
lnC

, N/m

-0.693147181

0.352458148

-1.386294361

0.360178253

0.349022431

0.405465108

0.355234997

0.693147181

0.351631049

0.362
0.36

, N/m

0.358
y = -0.0031x + 0.3531
R = 0.3876

0.356
0.354
0.352
0.35
0.348

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0
lnC

0.5