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All textbooksBrown 14th EditionCh.11 - Liquids and Intermolecular ForcesProblem 58

Chapter 11, Problem 58

(b) Could you measure the triple point of water by measuring the temperature in a vessel in which water vapor, liquid water, and ice are in equilibrium under 1 atm of air? Explain.

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Hello everyone. So in this problem we're seeing if the provided statement is correct or not correct. So statement reads in the triple point of water, the solid phase liquid phase, labor phase and the air are in equilibrium at 1 80 M for pressure. So if we have this closed system, that should mean that there's going to be no transfer of matter in or out of the system because there's nowhere for the material to go. In that case, then there should be no air present in the system. If that's the case, then this means that our answer is incorrect or the state is incorrect because at the triple point then there should be no air present in the system that we're following. This little romantic here and that means that incorrect. It's just going to be the answer for this question. Thank you all so much for watching.
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