Liquid méthyl ethyl ketone (mek) is introduced into a vessel containing air the system temperature is increased to 55 0, and the vessel contents reach equilibrium with some mek remaining in the liquid state. the equilibrium pressure is 1200 mm hg (a) use the gibbs phase rule to determine how many degrees of freedom exist for the system at equilibrium. state the meaning of your result in your own words. (b) mixtures of mek vapor and air that contain between 1.8 mole% mekand 11.5 mole% mek ignite and burn explosively if exposed to a flame or spark. determine whether or not the given vessel constitutes an explosion hazard

answer : one can design an experiment using a liquid and an additive that can be added to the liquid and observe the chemical changes in the reaction species.

one would need a beaker which is filled with a known amount of the liquid in which thermometer is placed to measure the temperature changes; after addition of the additive to the liquid solution one can note down the temperature change and find whether the reaction is endothermic or exothermic in nature. by subtracting the initial temperature value with the final temperature one can find the temperature changes.

various combinations of liquid and additive can be used. liquid in this case can be a known quantity of water and additives can be epsom salt or without epsom salt the experiment can be conducted to notice the changes. water and ice, hydrogen peroxide and dry yeast, vinegar and baking soda,etc.

nacl or sodium chloride is an ionic compound. this is because an ionic compound pertains to a compound that consists of positively and negatively charged ions. in this case, na (sodium) has a tendency to lose one electron when it reacts with with other atoms, so the resulting sodium ion contains 11 protons and 10 electrons, thus making it positively charged (na+), when chlorine reacts, it usually gains one electron to form an ion called chloride, thus making it negatively charged ( since the ions are oppositely charged, they attract.