Revision Exercises 2

Topic 2.1: Gas Laws

1. Helium with a volume of 200 dm3 at 2.0 atm and 28C is placed in a tank with a total pressure
of 600 kPa. Find the final volume of helium after it is compressed into the tank at constant
temperature.
Ans: V2 = 67.6 dm3
2. A 380 cm3 of neon exerts a pressure of 670 torr at 26C. Calculate the temperature required to
exert a pressure of 940 torr in a volume of 440 cm3.
Ans: T2 = 486 K
3. What is the mole fraction of each gas in a mixture containing 0.467 atm of He, 0.317 atm of
Ar and 0.277 atm of Xe?
Ans: xHe = 0.440, xAr = 0.299, xXe = 0.261
4. A gaseous mixture contains 5.23 g of CH3Cl and 1.66 g of CH4. Calculate the pressure exerted
by the mixture inside a 50 cm3 metal container at 275C. What is the pressure contributed by
CH4?
Ans: Ptot = 186.6 atm, pCH4 = 93.4 atm

Topic 2.2, 2.3 & 2.4: Real Gas, Critical Properties & Law of Corresponding State

1. State why the Van der Waals equation is a better approximation of real gas than the ideal gas
equation.
Ans: VdW has correction factors to account for molecular volume and intermolecular
attraction between gases
2. Define reduced temperature and reduced pressure.
Ans: Tr = T/Tc; Pr = P/Pc
3. State the law of corresponding state.
Ans: Gases with the same reduced pressure and temperature deviate from ideality to the same
extent
4. What is the significance of compressibility factor, Z?
Ans: Z can be used as a correction factor to calculate real gas values using the ideal gas
equation
5. Determine the specific volume of water vapour at 15 MPa and 350C, using:
a. The ideal gas equation
Ans: 0.01917 m3/kg
b. The generalised compressibility chart
Ans: Z 0.64, v = 0.01227 m3/kg
c. The steam table
Ans: 0.011481 m3/kg

Topic 2.5: Phase Changes

1. Sketch the P-v, T-v and P-T diagram. In the sketch, label the axes, phases, critical point and
triple point (if any).
Refer to your notes & textbook
2. Explain the phase changes for water as its temperature increases at constant pressure using the
T-v diagram.
As T increases, water will change phases. At low T(T < T sat), water remains in subcooled
liquid form. At T reach Tsat, water starts to boil and existsfirst in sat.liquid, then mixture of sat.
liquid and vapour form and finally become sat. vapour. When T > Tsat, water turns into
superheated vapour phase.
Topic 2.6: Steam Table

1. Complete this table for water:

T, C P, kPa h, kJ/kg x Phase

120.21 200 1385.35 0.4 Sat. liq-vapour
140 361.53 1800 0.56 Sat. liq-vapour
177.66 950 752.74 0.0 Sat. liquid
80 500 335.02 - Compressed liq.
350 800 3162.2 - Superheated vap.