The rate at which a substance passes through a semipermeable membrane is determined by the diffusivity D(cmZ/s) of the gas. D varies with the membrane temperature T(K) according to the Arrhenius equation: D = Do exp (- E RT) where Do = the preexponential factor E = the activation energy for diffusion R = 1.987 cal/(mol'K) Diffusitivities of SOz in a fluorosilicone rubber tube are measured at several temperatures, with the following results: T(K) 347.0 374.2 396.2 420.7 447.7 471.2 1.34 2.50 4.55 8.52 14.07 19.99 Student Workbook (a) What are the units of Do and E? (b) How should the data be plotted to obtain a straight line on rectangular coordinates? (c) Plot the data in the manner indicated in part (b), and determine Do and E from the resulting line. *(d) Write a computer program or spreadsheet to read in the (T,D) data and to calculate Do and E using the method of least squares (Appendix A.l). Then run the program and print out the results.
Chem 1035 Chapter 12 1 of 30 Chapter 12 Liquids and Solids (Section 12.3 only) Phases of Matter Solids Liquids Gases Very ordered 3D array Particles close together, Container is mostly empty but not ordered space Doesn’t take shape or fill volume of container Takes shape, but doesn’t Gas takes shape and fills Vibrational motion only fill volume of container volume of container. Relatively dense Particles can move past Particles moving