Chapter 5, Problem 141AE

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: For a given data, vapor pressure of water should be determined.

Concept introduction:

Boyle’s law can defined as,

A gas kept in the particular container at constant temperature, the excreted pressure is inversely proportional to the volume of the container. That is the volume of a container going to decreases by increasing the applied pressure on the gas container. It can be explained as when the pressure of a gas container increases, the distance between the gaseous particles in the unit area is decreases and it becomes denser.  By increasing the gaseous particles in the unit area of a container the volume of a container also decreases.

Mathematically,

$\text{P}\propto \frac{\text{1}}{\text{V}}$

or

$\text{PV=K}$

Where,

P = pressure in atmospheres

V= volumes in liters

K= a constant for a particular gas at given temperature

By comparing two systems at different conditions

${\text{P}}_{\text{1}}{\text{V}}_{\text{1}}{\text{=P}}_{\text{2}}{\text{V}}_{\text{2}}$

By rearranging the equation,

${\text{P}}_{\text{1}}\text{=}\frac{{\text{P}}_{\text{2}}{\text{V}}_{\text{2}}}{{\text{V}}_{\text{1}}}$