In a closed container, one gram of water (1 cm3) is boiled under constant pressure of 1 atm (1.013 × 105 Pa) until it changes into steam.
The heat of vaporization at this pressure is Lv = 2.256 × 106 J/kg = 2256 J/g.
Assume that water vapor behaves like an ideal gas. The temperature of the steam is 373 K, number of moles of water vapor n = 0.0546 (g mol), the ideal gas constant R = 82.057 (cm3·atm/g mol·K).
(a) How much volume (in cm3) of steam is produced?
(b) How much work is done by the water when it vaporizes?
(c) How much has the internal energy increased?
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