Callen H.B - Thermodynamics And An Introduction To Thermostatistics · Problem 9.3-7

FIRST-ORDER PHASE TRANSITIONS

Physics — Statistical Mechanics · two-phase-heating-mole-fractions

Problem

A particular material has a latent heat of vaporization of 5×1035 \times 10^3 J/mole, constant along the coexistence curve. One mole of this material exists in two-phase (liquid--vapor) equilibrium in a container of volume V=10−2V = 10^{-2} m3^3, at a temperature of 300 K and a pressure of 10510^5 Pa. The system is heated at constant volume, increasing the pressure to 2.0×1052.0 \times 10^5 Pa. (Note that this is not a small ΔP\Delta P.) The vapor phase can be treated as a monatomic ideal gas, and the molar volume of the liquid can be neglected relative to that of the gas. Find the initial and final mole fractions of the vapor phase [x≡Ng/(Ng+Nℓ)][x \equiv N_g/(N_g + N_\ell)].

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