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This document contains 10 practice problems related to thermodynamics. The problems cover topics such as determining mole percentages in solutions, average molecular weights of gas mixtures, compression of gases, heating of gases, gas densities, vapor-liquid equilibria, states of matter, degrees of freedom in systems, and using equilibrium constants and Raoult's law to calculate dew/bubble points and vapor/liquid compositions of mixtures.

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Practice Problems

This document contains 10 practice problems related to thermodynamics. The problems cover topics such as determining mole percentages in solutions, average molecular weights of gas mixtures, compression of gases, heating of gases, gas densities, vapor-liquid equilibria, states of matter, degrees of freedom in systems, and using equilibrium constants and Raoult's law to calculate dew/bubble points and vapor/liquid compositions of mixtures.

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Practice problems Set I

1. An aqueous solution contains 40% Na 2 CO 3 by weight. Express the composition in


mole percent.
2. What is the average molecular weight of a natural gas having 73% methane, 21% ethane
and rest nitrogen, by weight?
3. To what pressure should 5 kg of CO 2 at 30 be compressed to store in a 0.6 m3 vessel?
4. Determine the maximum temperature to which 5 kg of nitrogen enclosed in a 0.9 m3
vessel, may be heated without the pressure exceeding 10 atm.
5. What is the density of H 2 -O 2 mixture with 11% H 2 by mass, at 30 and 2 atm?
6. Determine the pressure and volumetric composition of a vapour mixture of benzene (C 6
H 6 ), toluene (C 6 H 5 CH 3 ) and xylene (C 6 H 4 (CH 3 ) 2 ) in contact with a liquid solution
containing 35% benzene, 40% toluene and rest xylene by weight, at 100. Vapour
pressures at 100 are:
Vapor pressure
Component
(atm)
Benzene 1.76
Toluene 0.74
Xylene 0.28

7. Determine the state, and missing properties among P, T, , x, h and s for nitrogen:
a. T = 70 K, = 0.003 gm/cm3
b. P = 2 atm, h = 300 J/gm
c. s = 2 J/gm K, = 0.02 gm/ cm3
8. Determine the degrees of freedom and specify two possible sets of properties to
describe the following systems:
a. Pure liquid nitrogen
b. A mixture of liquid nitrogen, vapour nitrogen and helium gas.
9. Determine dew point temperature and bubble point temperature of an equimolar
mixture of oxygen and nitrogen at a pressure of 0.506 MPa using
(a) Equilibrium constants, and
(b) Raoults law
Comment on the results.
10. Calculate the liquid and vapour composition for a N 2 -O 2 mixture at 95 K and 2 atm
using
(a) Equilibrium constants, and
(b) Raoults law
Comment on the results.

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