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Partial Pressure Curve
Bruno Lunelli
Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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September 2004
Vol. 81 No. 9
p. 1267

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Figure 2 in the article "An Introduction to the Understanding of Solubility" published in this Journal (1) is incorrect because when the molar fraction approaches unity, the partial vapor pressure curves must become tangent to the corresponding Raoult straight lines, not just coincide at unit mole fraction. Correct diagrams are shown in most physical chemistry texts (2).

Literature Cited

  1. Letcher, T. M.; Battino, R. J. Chem. Educ. 2001, 78, 103.
  2. For instance, Moore, W. J. Basic Physical Chemistry, Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1983; Section 10.11.

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*  Citation
Lunelli, Bruno. J. Chem. Educ. 2004 81 1267.
*  Keywords
Physical Chemistry; Solutions / Solvents; Teaching/Learning Theory/Practice; Thermodynamics
*  History
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