Calculate the pressure on top of Mt. Whitney (14,495 ft above sea level: the highest point in US excluding Alaska) where the boiling point of CH3CH2OCH2CH3 (diethyl ether) is 22.00° C. ΔHvap = 29.9 kJ/mole and the normal BP = 33.9° C. (Hint: what is the pressure at the normal boiling point?)

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Calculate the pressure on top of Mt. Whitney (14,495 ft above sea level: the highest point in US excluding Alaska) where the boiling point of CH3CH2OCH2CH3 (diethyl ether) is 22.00° C. ΔHvap = 29.9 kJ/mole and the normal BP = 33.9° C. (Hint: what is the pressure at the normal boiling point?)
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