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Department of Chemical Engineering: (An Autonomous Institution Affiliated To JNTUK, AP)
Department of Chemical Engineering: (An Autonomous Institution Affiliated To JNTUK, AP)
Department of Chemical Engineering: (An Autonomous Institution Affiliated To JNTUK, AP)
1. Objectives
a. To outline the usage of Vapor pressure plots
2. Topic Learning Outcomes: After the completion of the class the students will able to
a. Utilise the Vapor pressure plots and able to calculate vapor pressures of many compounds
3. Teaching Methodology
a. Chalk & Talk /PPT Mode
4. Applications:
a. Evaporation, drying , condensation, distillation , air conditioning , air separation ,
humidification and dehumidification
5. Evocation
Vapour-Pressure Plots :
From experimental data various types of plots have been devised for relating vapour
pressures to temperature. Use of an ordinary uniform scale of coordinates does not result in a
satisfactory plot because of the extreme curvature encountered. A single chart cannot be used
over a wide temperature range without sacrifice of accuracy at the lower temperatures, and the
rapidly changing slope makes both interpolation and extrapolation uncertain.
A better method which has been extensively used is to plot the logarithm of the vapour
pressure (log p) against the reciprocal of the absolute temperature (1/T). The resulting curves,
while not straight, show much less curvature than a rectangular plot and may be read accurately
over wide ranges of temperature. Another method is to plot the logarithm of the pressure against
temperature on a uniform scale. This method does not reduce the curvature of the vapour
pressure lines as much as the use of the reciprocal temperature scale but is easier to construct and
read.
As a means of
deriving consistent vapour
pressure data for homologous
series of closely related
compounds Coates and
Brown developed a special
method of plotting which has
proved particularly valuable
for the hydrocarbons. For this
plot rectangular coordinate
paper is used with
temperatures as abscissas and
normal boiling points as
ordinates. Curved lines of
constant vapour pressure are
7. Mind Map :