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At 25oC, an aqueous solution containing 35wt% H2SO4 has a specific gravity of

1.2563. A quantity of this 35% solution is needed that contains 195.5kg H2SO4.
a. Calculate required volume (L) of solution using given S.G.
b. Estimate S.G of solution using component S.G. of H2SO4 (SG=1.8255) and
water (S.G=1).
c. Calculate required volume (L) of solution using S.G estimated from part b.
d. Is the volume in part a and c different? Why? Calculate percentage error.
e. Calculate molar mass of solution.
f. Calculate mole fraction of H2SO4 and water.
g. Find concentration of H2SO4 (lbm/gal)
h. Find molarity of H2SO4 solution.
i. If a container containing such a solution (having 195.5 kg H2SO4), how long
will it take to empty it if the solution flows out at a rate of 2kmol/min.
a) L sol=?
kg sol L sol 195.5 kg H2SO4 = 444.62 L sol
0.35 kg H2SO4 1.2563x1kg sol
given S.G x ρH2O given

b) ρH2O= 1 kg/L
ρH2SO4 = 1.8255x1kg/L = 1.8255 kg/L

1 𝑥𝑖 0.35 0.65 𝑘𝑔
=∑ = + → 𝜌𝑠𝑜𝑙 = 1.188 𝑜𝑟 𝑆. 𝐺 = 1.188
𝜌𝑠𝑜𝑙 𝜌𝑖 1.8255 1 𝐿

c) L sol=?
kg sol L sol 195.5 kg H2SO4 = 470.2 L sol
0.35 kg H2SO4 1.188 x1kg sol
given Part b given

d) Its different because in part b, to the estimate the S.G of the solution it was
assumed that the volumes are additive (i.e. Ideal solution). Part b has an error due
to this assumption.
|𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑒 − 𝐸𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑| |444.62 − 470.2|
%𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 = 𝑥100 = 𝑥100 = 5.75%
𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑒 444.62

e)
1 𝑥𝑖 0.65 0.35
=∑ = + → 𝑀 = 38.35
𝑀 𝑀𝑖 98 18
 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐻2𝑆𝑂4
f) =?
𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑠𝑜𝑙
0.35 g H2SO4 mol H2SO4 38.35 g sol = 0.125 mol H2SO4/ mol sol= yH2SO4
g sol 98 g H2SO4 mol sol
given H2SO4 Avg MM
molar mass Part e
yH2O = 1-0.125 = 0.875

𝑙𝑏𝑚 𝐻2𝑆𝑂4
g) =?
𝑔𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑜𝑙

0.35 lbm H2SO4 1.2563x 62.4 lbm sol 1 ft3 =3.67 lbm H2SO4/gal sol
lbm sol ft3 sol 7.4805 gal
given S.G x ρH2O Conversion

𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐻2𝑆𝑂4
h) =?
𝐿 𝑠𝑜𝑙

0.125 mol H2SO4 mol sol 1.2563x1 g sol 106 cm3 =4.1 mol H2SO4/ L sol
mol sol 38.35 g sol cm3 sol 103 L
Part f Avg MM S.G x ρH2O Conver-
Part e sion

i) t=?

min kmol sol kmol H2SO4 195.5kg H2SO4 = 8min

2 kmol sol 0.125 kmolH2SO4 98 kg H2SO4
given Part f H2SO4 Molar given
mass