l-[-r

[l1

l-r
lr
l-r

l-,
l-r
l-r

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43

Repeat the volume measurements to obtain "duplicate" results.

Finally, measure the temperature of the water in the system(T) and the barometric
pressure(P21p).

Data to be recorded
'uncalibrated volume of gas measuring tube,

V11

volume of air in buret when levels are equal, V6

height difference between water levels, h+1

.volume of air in the buret at different pressures, V+1

'temperature of water, T
' barometric pressure, P2fa1

1
1.

The total pressure of the gas inside the gas buret comes from two components: the pressure of
the air and the pressure of the water vapor. The pressure on the gas is equal to atmospheric
pressure plus the contribution of the column of water pressure(which can be positive or negative).
This can be written:
P"i,

-a
1

PHoo = Put-

Pai. = Pat-

-r

dnru
P.olr-., = h(mm) +
uHg

1
a
-ll

a
1

* P.olr-o - Prro

. P21(mm

a
a
a
a
a
1
a

mmHg

(4)

Calculate the pressure of the air in the buret for each of the volume readings you have
taken. PIot your data on graph paper (available from the bookstore) in the following ways (don't
forget the features of a good graph).

' Pnil(mm Hg, horizontal

=,(#J

Don't forget that when the leveling bulb is below the water level in the buret, "h'is
negative! The volume at each pressure is given by adding Vq to the volume read from the buret.

-t

(3)

The vapor pressure of water at the temperature of the experiment can be found in tables
either in your textbook or in the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. The pressure exerted by
the difference in water levels is given by:

a
1

(2)

The pressure of the air is then

* P.olr-o

'

axis) vs. V(mL, vertical axis)

Hg, horizontal axis) ,r..

$t{*1,)-1,

vertical axis)

Pail(mm Hg, horizontal axis) vs. PV(mmHg'mL, vertical axis)

Which plots are most nearly linear? What is the functional form of the P-V relationship?