The vapour pressure of a benzene – toluene binary solution at certain temperature is given by P=450–100XT. Where XT is the mole fraction of toluene. Find the vapour pressures of Benzene and Toluene in pure state.
A
PoB=350PoT=450
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B
PoB=150PoT=350
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C
PoB=450PoT=350
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D
PoB=350PoT=150
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Solution
The correct option is CPoB=450PoT=350 PoT and PoB= vapour pressure of pure toluene and pure benzene respectively. P=PoBXB+PoTXT =PoB(1−XT)+PoTXT =PoB−PoBXT+PoTXT =PoB+(PoT−PoB)XT−−−−−(1) P=450–100X−−−−−(2) Comparing both equations =PoB=450 =PoT−450=−100 PoT=350