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1. A pure substance has a specific volume of 0.08 L/mol at a pressure of 3 atm

and 298 K. The substance is most likely:

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4. Which line corresponds to an

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5. A fluid flows steadily through a circular pipe of uniform cross-sectional area as

shown below.
If the outlet density of the fluid decreases to 1/2 of its inlet value, what
happens to the average fluid velocity?

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b. The outlet velocity will be 1/4th of the inlet velocity since kinetic energy
must be conserved according to the Bernoulli equation.
The outlet velocity will be twice the inlet velocity since mass must be
conserved in the system.
d. The velocity will increase somewhat but we can't tell how much with the
information given.
e. The velocity will decrease somewhat because of friction between fluid
and the pipe wall.

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6. A wastewater treatment process requires 100 cubic feet per minute (CFM) of
air at STP in order to meet the oxygen demand of the microorganisms. The
actual volumetric flowrate of air needed to meet this demand on a winter day
(0 oC) in Denver, CO (Patm = 0.83 atm) would be _ _ _ _ _ __
a. less than 100 CFM
b. exactly 100 CFM
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d. can't say without more information

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7. Consider two vapor mixtures of saturated water in air. One is at 20 C and 1
atm and the other is at 20 C and 2 atm. Which one has a higher partial
pressure of water?
a. The mixture at 20 C and 1 atm
b. The mixture at 20 C and 2 atm

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8. A chemist filled a 1 L flask with ethanol (specific gravity= 0.79) in 20 seconds

through a funnel. The time to fill the same flask with water if the mass flow
rate is the same would be - - - a. Shorter

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9. Propane {C3Hs) reacts with oxygen to form carbon dioxide and water

If 50 moles (3Hs enters a reactor with 50 moles 02, and assuming full
conversion of the limiting reactant, how many moles of H20 form?

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c. 50 mols
d. 30 mols

10. Ammonia is compressed isothermally at 300 K until liquid NH3 forms at

pressure Pa. In a second container, ammonia is compressed at 350 K until it
condenses at a pressure Pb. The pressure Pa is
Pb.
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c. equal to
d. no way to know

11. A sealed container contains water and air. At 100C, the system is saturated
with water, which makes up 25% of the vapor. What is the pressure of the
system?
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b. 0.25 bar

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12. A fixed-volume container at 45C contains 1 L of

liquid benzene and 1 L of benzene vapor in
equilibrium. If 0.4 L liquid benzene is removed at
constant temperature, the benzene partial
pressure _ _ _ _ __

vapor

a. increases
b. decreases
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13. We want to separate a 50/50 mixture of (5 isomers in the gas phase. As the
temperature is lowered, a technician states that he observed that some nhexane (n-C5) condenses before any 2,2- dimethylbutane (DMB) condenses.
Does this actually happen?
a. Yes, if n-(5 has a lower vapor pressure than DMB.
b. Yes, if n-(5 has a higher vapor pressure than DMB.
c. No, because both species have to condense.
d. It depends on the system pressure as to whether one or two species
condense.

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14. A cooling crystallizer operates at 30C to form salt crystals from a solution of
dissolved salt in water. 100 g of solution enters the crystallizer at 100C. The

crystallizer extracts 25 g
of salt. What is the mass
fraction of salt in the exit

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16. A small tank contains dry air at 25C. A small

beaker of water at 25C is placed in the container,
which is then sealed. The tank is well insulated.
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