Chapter 13.4, Problem 13.4WE

Calculate the concentration of carbon dioxide in a soft drink that was bottled under a partial pressure of 5.0 atm CO₂ at 25°C (a) before the bottle is opened and (b) after the soda has gone “flat” at 25°C. The Henry’s law constant for CO₂ in water at this temperature is 3.1 × 10⁻² mol/L · atm. Assume that the partial pressure of CO₂ m air is 0.0003 atm and that the Henry’s law constant for the soft drink is the same as that for water.