O2 is bubbled through water at 293K. How many moles of O2 will dissolve in 1L of water, if partial pressure of 02 is 2 kilobar and Kh is 34.86 kilobar?
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Solution
pO2=KH*χO2
Thus χO2=pO2/KH=0.098/(34.84*103) =2.81*10^-5
No. of moles of H2O in 1L =55.55 χO2 = nO2/(nO2 + nH2O) = nO2/(nO2 +55.55) APPROXIMATELY χO2 =nO2/55.55
nO2 =2.81*10^-5*55.55 =1.56*10^-3 mol
Thus solubility of O2 is = 1.56*10^-3 *32 g/L = 0.05 g/L