Air at a temperature of 20°C and 750 mm Hg pressure has a relative humidity of 80%. What is its percentage humidity? Vapour pressure of water at 20°C is 17.5 mm Hg?

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1. A vessel of volume 1000 m3 contains air which is saturated with water vapour. The total pressure and temperature are 100 kPa and 20°C respectively. Assuming that the vapour pressure of water at 20°C is 2.34 kPa, the amount of water vapour (in kg) in the vessel is approximately ?

   A. 17
   B. 20
   C. 25
   D. 34

2. Saturated solution of benzene in water is in equilibrium with a mixture of air and vapours of benzene and water at room temperature and pressure. Mole fraction of benzene in liquid is xB and the vapour pressures of benzene and water at these conditions are pv B and pv w respectively. The partial pressure of benzene in air-vapour mixture is_________________?

   A. PvB
   B. xB.PvB
   C. (Patm – Pvw)xB
   D. xB.Patm

3. At 100°C, water and methylcyclohexane both have vapour pressures of 1 atm. Also at 100°C, the latent heats of vaporisation of these compounds are 40.63 kJ/mole for water and 31.55 kJ/mole for methylcyclohexane. The vapour pressure of water at 150°C is 4.69 atm. At 150°C, the vapour pressure of methylcyclohexane would be expected to be_________________?

   A. Significantly less than 4.69 atm
   B. Nearly equal to 4.69 atm
   C. Significantly more than 4.69 atm
   D. Indeterminate due to lack of data

4. The vapour pressure of water is given by, in Psat = A – (5000/T), where A is a constant, Psat is the vapour pressure in atm. and T is the temperature in K. The vapor pressure of water in atm. at 50°C is approximately__________________?

   A. 0.07
   B. 0.09
   C. 0.11
   D. 0.13

5. The wet bulb temperature is lower in dry air than in wet air at the same temperature. A dry bulb thermometer registers a higher temperature than a wet bulb thermometer except at ______________ percent relative humidity ?

   A. 0
   B. 100
   C. 50
   D. None of these

6. For water at 300°C, it has a vapour pressure 8592.7 kPa and fugacity 6738.9 kPa Under these conditions, one mole of water in liquid phase has a volume of 25.28 cm3 and that in vapour phase in 391.1 cm3.Fugacity of water (in kPa) at 9000 kPa will be__________________?

   A. 6738.9
   B. 6753.5
   C. 7058.3
   D. 9000

7. Vapour which is at a pressure smaller than the saturation pressure for the temperature involved is called a _____________ vapour?

   A. Superheated
   B. Desuperheated
   C. Non-condensable
   D. None of these

8. At 60° C, vapour pressure of methanol and water are 84.562 kPa and 19.953 kPa respectively. An aqueous solution of methanol at 60° C exerts a pressure of 39.223 kPa; the liquid phase and vapour phase mole fractions of methanol are 0.1686 and 0.5714 respectively. Activity co-efficient of methanol is__________________?

   A. 1.572
   B. 1.9398
   C. 3.389
   D. 4.238

9. The dew point temperature lines on psychrometric charts are straight inclined sloping downwards to the right. When relative humidity of moist air is 100%, then_________________?

   A. Wet bulb temperature=dry bulb temperature
   B. Wet bulb temperature=dew point temperature
   C. Saturation temperature=dew point temperature
   D. All ‘A’, ‘B’ & ‘C’

10. The dew point of moist air becomes ____________________ with decrease in its relative humidity ?

    A. Less than the wet bulb temperature
    B. More than the wet bulb temperature
    C. More than the dry bulb temperature
    D. Equal to wet bulb temperature