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Chapter 10: Q10.4-61 E (page 589)

If a severe storm results in the loss of electricity, it may be necessary to use a clothesline to dry laundry. In many parts of the country in the dead of winter, the clothes will quickly freeze when they are hung on the line. If it does not snow, will they dry anyway? Explain your answer

Short Answer

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Clothes will get dry because of sublimation of ice.

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01

Determine the clothes will dry or not

Yes, clothes will get dry because of sublimation of ice, although it may take several days.

02

Explanation

Hence Ice has a small vapour pressure, and because of this some ice molecules form gas and will escape from the ice crystals. Now, as time passes, more and more solid will get converted to gas and eventually clothes will get dried.

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Dry ice, \({\rm{C}}{{\rm{O}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{(s)}}\), does not melt at atmospheric pressure. It sublimes at a temperature of \({\rm{ - 7}}{{\rm{8}}^{\rm{o}}}{\rm{C}}\). What is the lowest pressure at which \({\rm{C}}{{\rm{O}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{(s)}}\) will melt to give \({\rm{C}}{{\rm{O}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{(l)}}\)? At approximately what temperature will this occur? (See Figure \({\rm{10}}{\rm{.34}}\) for the phase diagram.)

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Which contains the compounds listed correctly in order of increasing boiling points

\(\begin{aligned}{\rm{(a)}}{{\rm{N}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ < C}}{{\rm{S}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ < }}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{O < KCl}}\\{\rm{(b)}}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{O < }}{{\rm{N}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ < C}}{{\rm{S}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ < KCl}}\\{\rm{(c)}}{{\rm{N}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ < KCl < C}}{{\rm{S}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ < }}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{O}}\\{\rm{(d)C}}{{\rm{S}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ < }}{{\rm{N}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ < KCl < }}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{O}}\\{\rm{(e)KCl < }}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{O < C}}{{\rm{S}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ < }}{{\rm{N}}_{\rm{2}}}\end{aligned}\)

Identify the type of crystalline solid (metallic, network covalent, ionic, or molecular) formed by each of the following substances:

\(\begin{array}{l}{\rm{(a)CaC}}{{\rm{l}}_{\rm{2}}}\\{\rm{(b)SiC}}\\{\rm{(c)}}{{\rm{N}}_{\rm{2}}}\\{\rm{(d)Fe}}\\{\rm{(e)C(graphite)}}\\{\rm{(f)C}}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{3}}}{\rm{C}}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{C}}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{C}}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{3}}}\\{\rm{(g)HCl}}\\{\rm{(h)N}}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{4}}}{\rm{N}}{{\rm{O}}_{\rm{3}}}\\{\rm{(i)}}{{\rm{K}}_{\rm{3}}}{\rm{P}}{{\rm{O}}_{\rm{4}}}\end{array}\)

Classify each substance in the table as either a metallic, ionic, molecular, or covalent network solid
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