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Offline Khyati

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Effect of pressure on melting point & boiling point
« on: August 28, 2010, 08:06:43 AM »
What will be the effect of pressure on the melting point to the equilibrium system of solid  ::equil:: liquid and on the boiling point to the equilibrium system of liquid  ::equil:: vapor ?

I think in above cases melting point and boiling point may increase or decrease depending upon the nature of solid and liquid respectively. I am not sure though  :P
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Re: Effect of pressure on melting point & boiling point
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2010, 09:33:06 PM »
For solid ::equil:: liquid, usually the melting point increases if the pressure increases, but of course there are exceptions like water. If you check phase diagram you figure out the effect of pressure. For liquid  ::equil:: gas, think about the vapor pressure and the definition of the boiling point.

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Re: Effect of pressure on melting point & boiling point
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2010, 03:59:44 AM »
Think in terms of LeChatelier's principle. There is a volume change during phase transition, if you increase the pressure system will try to get to lover volume.
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Re: Effect of pressure on melting point & boiling point
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2010, 04:02:47 AM »
In addition to what opti384 said you can always think at it from a slightly more "mathematical" point of view using Clapeyron's equation:

$$ \frac{dP}{dT}=\frac{\Delta H}{T \Delta V} /$$

Obviously in this case you only need to roughly evaluate the changes (∆) to see whether they're positive or negative...
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Re: Effect of pressure on melting point & boiling point
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2010, 08:10:48 AM »
Thanks a lot  :) :)
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