FACULTY OF SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES

DEGREE: BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

MODULE CETM2A1
ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY 2A1

CAMPUS DFC

ASSIGNMENT 01

ASSESSORS PROF J RAMONTJA

DR D NKOSI
DR L MALEPE
DURATION

NUMBER OF PAGES: 3 PAGES, INCLUDING 1 ANNEXURE

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.

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1. The antifreeze in most automobile radiators is a mixture of equal volumes of ethylene

glycol and water, with minor amounts of other additives that prevent corrosion. What are
the (a) mole fraction and (b) molality of ethylene glycol, C2H4(OH)2, in a solution prepared
from 2.22 × 103 g of ethylene glycol and 2.00 × 103 g of water (approximately 2 L of glycol
and 2 L of water)?

2. Compute the vapor pressure of an ideal solution containing 92.1 g of glycerin, C 3H5(OH)3,
and 184.4 g of ethanol, C2H5OH, at 40 °C. The vapor pressure of pure ethanol is 0.178 atm
at 40 °C. Glycerin is essentially nonvolatile at this temperature.

3. What is the boiling point of a 0.33 m solution of a nonvolatile solute in benzene?

̊ .m-1).
(Kb for benzene = 2.53 C

4. Find the boiling point of a solution of 92.1 g of iodine, I2, in 800.0 g of chloroform, CHCl3,
assuming that the iodine is nonvolatile and that the solution is ideal.

5. A solution is prepared by mixing 5.81 g acetone (MMC3H6O = 58.1 g/mol) and 11.9 g
chloroform (MMHCCl3 = 119.4 g/mol). At 35oC, this solution has a total vapor pressure of
260 torr. Is this an ideal solution? The vapor pressure of pure acetone and pure chloroform
at 35oC are 345 and 293 torr, respectively.

6. A sample of human hormone (controls metabolism) weighing 0.546 g was dissolved in

15.0 g benzene, and the freezing-point depression was determined to be 0.24oC. Calculate
the molar mass of the hormone. [Kf = 5.12oC. kg/mol for benzene].

7. Certain protein weighing 1.00 x 10-3 g was dissolved in enough water to make 1.00 mL of
solution The osmotic pressure of this solution was found to be 1.12 torr at 25oC. Calculate
the molar mass of the protein. [R = 0.08206 L.atm/K.mol and d = 1 g/cm3 for water].

8. What concentration of NaCl in water is needed to produce an aqueous solution isotonic

with blood (π = 7.70 atm at 25oC).

̊ = 273.15 K
0C

Standard pressure = 1 atm = 101.325 kPa = 760 mmHg = 760 torr = 1.01325 bar

R = 8.31451 L.kPa .K–1.mol–1

= 8.31451 x10–2 L.bar .K–1.mol–1
= 8.20578 x10–2 L.atm .K–1.mol–1
= 62.364 L.torr .K–1.mol–1

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1 2

H Atomic Number 2 He
1.0079 He 4.0026
3 4 4.0026 Atomic Weight 5 6 7 8 9 10

Li Be B C N O F Ne
6.941 9.0122 10.811 12.011 14.007 15.999 18.998 20.179
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
22.990 24.305 26.982 28.086 30.974 32.064 35.453 39.948
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
39.098 40.078 44.956 47.88 50.942 51.996 54.938 55.847 58.933 58.69 63.546 65.39 69.723 72.61 74.922 78.96 79.904 83.80
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
85.47 87.62 88.906 91.224 92.906 95.94 (98) 101.07 102.91 106.42 107.87 112.41 114.82 118.71 121.75 127.60 126.90 131.29
55 56 57 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86

Cs Ba La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
132.91 137.33 138.91 178.49 180.95 183.85 186.2 190.2 192.22 195.08 196.97 200.59 204.38 207.2 208.98 (209) (210) (222)
87 88 89

Fr Ra Ac
(223) 226.03 227.03

58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71

Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
140.12 140.91 144.24 146.92 150.36 151.97 157.25 158.93 162.50 164.93 167.26 168.93 173.04 174.97
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103

Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
232.04 231.04 238.03 237.05 (244) (234) (247) 247 (251) (252) (257) (258) (259) (260)