Chapter 5: Q 5.24 (page 171)
Go through the arithmetic to verify that diamond becomes more stable than graphite at approximately 15 kbar.
Short Answer
The diamond is more stable than graphite at 15 kbar.
Chapter 5: Q 5.24 (page 171)
Go through the arithmetic to verify that diamond becomes more stable than graphite at approximately 15 kbar.
The diamond is more stable than graphite at 15 kbar.
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The density of ice is 917 kg/m*.
(a) Use the Clausius-Clapeyron relation to explain why the slope of the phase boundary between water and ice is negative.
(b) How much pressure would you have to put on an ice cube to make it melt at -1°C?
(c) ApprOximately how deep under a glacier would you have to be before the weight of the ice above gives the pressure you found in part (b)? (Note that the pressure can be greater at some locations, as where the glacier flows over a protruding rock.)
(d) Make a rough estimate of the pressure under the blade of an ice skate, and calculate the melting temperature of ice at this pressure. Some authors have claimed that skaters glide with very little friction because the increased pressure under the blade melts the ice to create a thin layer of water. What do you think of this explanation?
Consider a completely miscible two-component system whose overall composition is x, at a temperature where liquid and gas phases coexist. The composition of the gas phase at this temperature is and the composition of the liquid phase is . Prove the lever rule, which says that the proportion of liquid to gas is . Interpret this rule graphically on a phase diagram.
In this problem you will derive approximate formulas for the shapes of the phase boundary curves in diagrams such as Figures 5.31 and 5.32, assuming that both phases behave as ideal mixtures. For definiteness, suppose that the phases are liquid and gas.
(a) Show that in an ideal mixture of A and B, the chemical potential of species A can be written where A is the chemical potential of pure A (at the same temperature and pressure) and . Derive a similar formula for the chemical potential of species B. Note that both formulas can be written for either the liquid phase or the gas phase.
(b) At any given temperature T, let x1 and xgbe the compositions of the liquid and gas phases that are in equilibrium with each other. By setting the appropriate chemical potentials equal to each other, show that x1and xg obey the equations = and where represents the change in G for the pure substance undergoing the phase change at temperature T.
(c) Over a limited range of temperatures, we can often assume that the main temperature dependence of comes from the explicit T; both are approximately constant. With this simplification, rewrite the results of part (b) entirely in terms of TA, and TB (eliminating ). Solve for x1and xgas functions of T.
(d) Plot your results for the nitrogen-oxygen system. The latent heats of the pure substances are. Compare to the experimental diagram, Figure 5.31.
(e) Show that you can account for the shape of Figure 5.32 with suitably chosen values. What are those values?
Suppose you cool a mixture of 50% nitrogen and 50% oxygen until it liquefies. Describe the cooling sequence in detail, including the temperatures and compositions at which liquefaction begins and ends.
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