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10 March, 00:56

A teacher wants to demonstrate that unheated water can boil at room temperature in a beaker within a bell jar connected to a vac-uum pump. However, the vacuum pump is faulty and can reduce pressures only to 15 kPa. Can the teacher use this pump to perform the demonstra-tion successfully? Explain your answer.

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  1. 10 March, 03:03
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    No.

    Explanation:

    The vapor pressure of water at room temperature is. 0313 atom or 3.13 kPa.

    To make a liquid boil, its vapor pressure must be equal to pressure around it.

    So pump must create pressure of 3.13 k Pa or less to make water attain its stage of boiling at room temperature. As the motor can not produce pressure lesser than 15 k Pa, pump will not be able to make water boil at room temperature.
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