Answer the following questions based on the P-T phase diagram of carbon dioxide: (a) At what temperature and pressure can the solid, liquid and vapour phases of CO_2 co-exist in equilibrium? (b) What is the effect of the decrease of pressure on the fusion and boiling point of CO_2?
Answer the following questions based on the P-T phase diagram of carbon dioxide: (a) At what temperature and pressure can the solid, liquid and vapour phases of CO_2 co-exist in equilibrium? (b) What is the effect of the decrease of pressure on the fusion and boiling point of CO_2?

Answer:

(a) The liquid and vapor phases of </span></span><span class=" jss3247 jss3261"><span id="editable-content-within-article~0~5~0" class="jss3249 jss3262">CO_2 coexist at the triple point temperature and pressure of − 56.6 degrees Celsius and 5.11 atmospheres.

 

(b) When the pressure of </span></span><span class=" jss3247 jss3309"><span id="editable-content-within-article~1~4~0" class="jss3249 jss3310">CO_2 is reduced, both the boiling point and the freezing point of </span></span><span class=" jss3247 jss3329"><span id="editable-content-within-article~1~12~0" class="jss3249 jss3330">CO_2 decrease.