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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

oxygen is bubbled through H2O at 293K assuming that partial pressure is 0.98bar .calculate the solubility of oxygen of H2O in gm/lit if KH for O2 is 34.84 K bar

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8 Years agoGrade 12
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8 Years ago
P = K * x 

where P is partial pressure = 0.98 bar = 0.98 x 0.986923267 atm = 0.967184802 atm 

K is Henry's constant = 769.23 liter. atm / mol 

and x is solubility 

x = 0.967184802 atm / 769.23 liter. atm / mol = 0.001257341 moles / liter 

= 0.001257341 x 32 g / liter = 0.040 g/ liter