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# Properties of Pure substance:

            Pure substance: these have homogenous and invariable chemical composition. It may exist in more than one phase, but chemical composition is same in all phases.

Air – exception as pure substance (why?)

            Phase: quantity of matter that is homogenous throughout. (forms in which pure substance can exist).

            Gibbs phase rule: gives the no of independent properties required to fix a state.

f = C-P +2

f: no of independent properties

P: no of phases

C: no of pure substances

# Vapor- liquid – solid phase equilibrium in pure substance  

Phase boundary is the interface where transition of two phases occurs.

Phase boundaries can be represented in P-T diagram.

#  P-V and T-V diagram of water.

 

        Define:

Ø       Saturated liquid line

Ø       Saturated vapor line

Ø       Specific volume for two phase line

Ø       Super heated vapor

# Quality: 
a property valid for only two phase line, defined as
    x = mg/m

for system volume V, and having liquid volume Vl and gaseous volume Vg and total mass m, we have the following relation:

This relation is true for all extensive properties of the pure substance.

# Liquid – Vapor phase diagram:

Steam Table:    It is a table in which different values of various properties of steam within and beyond saturation region are listed. Values are listed there in different tables: 1. According to different saturation temperature (temperature table), 2. According to different saturation pressure (pressure table) and 3. Values in the super heated region (superheated table).

 

# Equation of state:

                        It is a mathematical function relating the appropriate thermodynamic co-ordinates of a system in equilibrium. For a closed system equation of state relates temperature to two other thermodynamic variables.

                                    It can be established either by molecular theory or by experiment.

# Equation of state for Ideal gas:

 

Fundamental property of gas is that  is independent of nature of gas and depends only on temperature T (experimentally found out).

It can be deduced that for any gas,

Where, is the molecular volume and is the Universal gas constant.

Ideal gas is the gas, which obeys .

In this equation as (i.e. –273.15oC)

                                          ; Keeping volume constant

                        ; Keeping pressure constant

Since, P and v can’t be negative, lowest possible temperature is 0 K.

Now, we have, if V is the total mass, and n is no. of moles; and m is molecular weight of the gas.

                                   

                                                And R is called characteristic gas constant.

Now at P=101.3 MPa; T=273.15 K; V=22.4 m3

                                   

For O2, R=83143/32 = 0.262 KJ/Kg K

And for air, R=8.3143/28.96 = 0. 287 KJ/Kg K

  # Ideal gas assumptions:

At low densities gases obey Charl’s and Boyle’s laws; concluded by experimental observations. 

The assumptions of ideal gas are

  1. Total volume occupied by the gas particles is very small compared to the total volume of the system.
  2. Attraction and repulsion doesn’t exist among molecules.
  3. No energy is dissipated during collisions of molecules.

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