Okay, let's use the provided vapor pressure values for pure benzene and pure methylbenzene.
Given:
- Vapor pressure of pure benzene (Pbenzene∘) =3.6×104
- Vapor pressure of pure methylbenzene (Pmethylbenzene∘) =1.12×104
Step 1: Calculate the vapor pressure contribution of benzene (Pbenzene) using Raoult's Law:
Pbenzene=XbenzenePbenzene∘
Step 2: Calculate the vapor pressure contribution of methylbenzene (Pmethylbenzene) using Raoult's Law:
Pmethylbenzene=XmethylbenzenePmethylbenzene∘
Remember that Xmethylbenzene=1−Xbenzene.
Here are the updated calculations:
| Xbenzene | Xmethylbenzene | Pbenzene=Xbenzene×(3.6×104) | Pmethylbenzene=Xmethylbenzene×(1.12×104) |
| :------------------- | :------------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 0 | 1 | 0×3.6×104=0 | 1×1.12×104=1.12×104 |
| 0.25 | 0.75 | 0.25×3.6×104=0.9×104 | 0.75×1.12×104=0.84×104 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5×3.6×104=1.8×104 | 0.5×1.12×104=0.56×104 |
| 0.75 | 0.25 | 0.75×3.6×104=2.7×104 | 0.25×1.12×104=0.28×104 |
| 1 | 0 | 1×3.6×104=3.6×104 | 0×1.12×104=0 |
The respective vapor pressure contributions for benzene are:
0,0.9×104,1.8×104,2.7×104,3.6×104
The respective vapor pressure contributions for methylbenzene are:
1.12×104,0.84×104,0.56×104,0.28×104,0