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By applying a pressure of 200atm, you can compress water to 99%of its usual volume. Sketch this process (not necessarily to scale) on aPV diagram, and estimate the work required to compress a liter of water by this amount. Does the result surprise you?

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Work done at constant pressure is W=202.65Jand at variable pressure work done is W=100.8J.

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Given information

By applying a pressure of 200atm,water can be compressed to99%of its usual volume.

02

Calculation

To obtain work done on the system :W=-∫VtvfPdV…...(1)

Here P is pressure, ViandVfare initial volume and final volume.

At a pressure of 200atm, the volume of the water is reduced to 99%of its value at atmospheric pressure 1atm.

Assume that the reduction in volume is linearly proportional to the increase in pressure.

The pressure is calculated as :P=AV+B…...(2)

Here A and B are constant, P is pressure and V is volume.

At P=1atm, the volume is V=Vo.

And at P=200atm, the volume is V=99Vo100.

Let's take the standard temperature and pressure, P=1atm, equation (2) can be written as by substitute VoforV

I=AVo+B.…..(3)

For P=200atm,equation (2) can be written as, by substituting 99Vo100forV

200=A99Vo100+B…...(4)

Solve equation (3) and (4) for the value of A and B

A=-19900Voatm.m-3B=19901atm.

Now equation (1) can be written as

P=-19900VoV+19901…..(5)

Work required to compress 1 liter of water to 99%can be found by :

W=-∫10-30.99×10-3PdV……(6)

localid="1651133444001" W=-∫10-30.99×10-3-2.016×1012V+2.016×109dVW=-2.016×1012V22+2.016×109V10-30.99×10-3

Substitute localid="1651133451713" 1litrefor V to solve A and B

localid="1651133447933" A=-199001×10-3.101325Paa1ammatm.m3A=-2.016×1012atm.m-3

And similarly, for B, localid="1651133455574" B=2.016×109atm

Substitute AV+B for P in equation (6)

localid="1651133459614" W=-∫10-30.99×10-3(AV+B)dV……(7)

Substitute localid="1651133463066" 2.016×109atmforBand-2.016×1012atmm-3forAinequation(7)

localid="1651133466748" W=-∫10-30.99×10-3-2.016×1012V+2.016×109dVW=-2.016×1012V22+2.016×109V10-30.99×10-3W=100.8J

If constant pressure of localid="1651133470929" 200atm=2.0265×107Pais considered,

Work done will be localid="1651133474496" W=-PΔV=-PVf-Vi…..(8)

Substitute localid="1651133477862" 0.99VoforVfandVoforViinequation(8)

localid="1651133481243" W=-P0.99Vo-Vo…..(9)

Again substitute localid="1651133484260" -2.0265×107forPand1×10-3forVoinequation

localid="1651133487776" W=-2.0265×107×-0.01VoW=2.0265×107×-0.01×10-3W=202.65J

And the graph between pressure and volume is shown below which is followed by equation (5)

Hence, at constant pressure work done is W=202.65Jand at variable pressure work done is W=100.8J.

03

Final answer

Work done at constant pressure is W=202.65J and at variable pressure work done isW=100.8J.

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