Greg S.

asked • 10/01/21

Partial pressure for methane question

A large, sealed tank contains 1,500 liters of water. When you analyze the air in the top of the tank, you discover that it contains methane at a partial pressure of 0.07 atm. How many grams of methane are dissolved in the water? The KH for methane at the temperature of the tank is 1.4x10-3 M / atm.

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Greg S.

Thanks. You were just off by 1 decimal point so its actually 2.35788 grams of methane.
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10/05/21

Greg S.

should be 9.8*10^-5
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10/12/21

J.R. S.

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Yep. I'll go change it. Thanks for catching it.
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10/13/21

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