A combination of dihydrogen and dioxygen at one bar pressure contains 20% by weight of dihydrogen. Compute the halfway tension of dihydrogen.
A combination of dihydrogen and dioxygen at one bar pressure contains 20% by weight of dihydrogen. Compute the halfway tension of dihydrogen.

solution:

Let the heaviness of dihydrogen be 20 g.

 

Let the heaviness of dioxygen be 80 g.

 

No. of moles of dihydrogen (nH2),

    \[\begin{array}{*{35}{l}} ~  \\ =\text{ }20/2  \\ ~  \\ =\text{ }10\text{ }moles  \\ ~  \\ No.\text{ }of\text{ }moles\text{ }of\text{ }dioxygen\text{ }\left( nO2 \right),  \\ ~  \\ =\text{ }80/32  \\ ~  \\ =\text{ }2.5\text{ }moles  \\ ~  \\ \end{array}\]

Given:

 

    \[ptotal\text{ }=\text{ }1\text{ }bar\]

Hence, halfway tension of dihydrogen (pH2),

    \[=\text{ }0.8\text{ }bar\]

Hence, the halfway tension of dihydrogen is 0.8 bar.