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| Living graphs homepage | Chemical potential of a component of an ideal dilute solution 3.29 |
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The variation of the chemical potential of the solute with the composition of the solution expressed in terms of the mole fraction of solute is given by
Where x is the mole fraction of the solute, T is the temperature (kelvin), and R is the gas constant (J K-1 mol-1). Note that the chemical potential of the solvent is lower in the mixture than for the pure solute (for an ideal system). This behavior is likely to be shown by a dilute solution in which the solvent is almost pure and the solute obeys Henrys Law. To graph the change in chemical potential (J mol-1) enter the parameter (i.e., T) and hit New Plot.
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