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{concentration, in mol dm-3, equilibrium}
« on: September 04, 2017, 02:08:20 PM »
Water saturated with pure carbon dioxide at atmospheric pressure contains 0.15% by mass of dissolved CO2.

Calculate the concentration, in mol dm-3, of dissolved CO2 in water, [CO2 (aq)], which is in equilibrium with air containing 1% of carbon dioxide.
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« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2017, 04:13:57 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2017, 09:42:52 PM »
Firstly, I apologise for my immaturity as I was really desperate at that time.

What I did was to find the number of moles of carbon dioxide in 100g of the solution which was 0.00340909mol and I divided it by (99.85/1000) since 99.85 is the mass of water in cm3.
However I did not manage to get the correct answer which is 3.41 x 10-4.


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Re: helppppp
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2017, 03:33:50 AM »
Are you sure when the air contains 1% of carbon dioxide water is saturated?
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« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2017, 11:28:54 AM »
In that case, how do I calculate the concentration of carbon dioxide in air? Is it sufficient to find the concentration of carbon dioxide that is in equilibrium with air?

Also, does it mean that the information given on the % by mass of carbon dioxide saturated in water is unnecessary in this question?
« Last Edit: September 06, 2017, 11:39:01 AM by help_me »

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