Phase Diagram Worksheet
Phase Diagram Worksheet
Name:________________________________________Date:_____________
At standard temperature and pressure, bromine (Br2) is a red liquid. Bromine sublimes when the
temperature is 25 0C and the pressure is 101.3 kPa. The phase diagram for bromine is shown
below. Use this diagram for questions (1) (9)
(1)
(2)
Label the triple point, normal melting point, and normal boiling point on the
graph and estimate their values in the spaces below.
Normal Melting Point = _________________________
Normal Boiling Point = _________________________
Triple Point =
(3)
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Use the letter A to label the line that gives the conditions for equilibrium
between solid and liquid phases of bromine, the letter B to label the curve
that gives the conditions for equilibrium between liquid and vapor phases
of bromine, and the letter C to label the curve that gives the conditions for
equilibrium between solid and vapor phases of bromine.
(4)
Describe how the melting point of bromine changes with the external pressure. Based on
the slope of the melting-point curve in the phase diagram, would you characterize the
solid phase of bromine as more dense or less dense than the liquid phase of bromine?
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(5)
What is the boiling point of bromine when the external pressure is 75 kPa?
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(6)
(7)
(9)
For each of questions (10) - (15), refer to the phase diagram for mysterious compound X.
(10)
(11)
If you were to have a bottle containing compound X in your closet, what phase would it
most likely be in?
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(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
PRESSURE
225 atm
1 atm
Water (liquid)
Ice
(solid)
Triple
point
0.01 C
100C 374 C
TEMPERATURE
(16)
List the phase changes a sample of ice would go through if heated to its critical
temperature at one atmosphere pressure.
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(17)
At what range of pressure will water be a liquid at temperatures above its normal
boiling point?
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(18)
(19)
How does the melting point of water change as the pressure increases from 1 atm?
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(20)
What does the line separating the solid phase from the gas phase represent?
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(21)
What does the line separating the liquid phase from the gas phase represent?
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(22)
(2)
(3)
See answer to 1.
(4)
The melting point curve leans slightly to the right (has a positive slope)
indicating that, as pressure is increase, the melting point of bromine
increases. Higher pressures favor the denser phase of a substance.
Solid bromine is denser than liquid bromine. Choose any point on the
melting-point curve, and move up vertically, in the direction of higher
pressure; you should find yourself in the solid phase region of the
diagram.
(5)
50C
(6)
The triple point is the temperature and pressure at which solid, liquid, and
vapor phases of a substance are in equilibrium
(7)
See answer to 1.
(8)
condenses
(9)
freezes
(10)
~770o C
(11)
(12)
(13)
It will sublime
(14)
(15)
(16)
The ice would initially melt (become liquid water) and vaporize (become
water vapor).
(17)
(18)
Ice, liquid water, and water vapor coexist at the triple point.
(19)
(20)
(21)