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Relative humidity and vapor-pressure in equilibrium

I have quite an unclear understanding of relative humidity. I am writing my understanding on the topic and please correct me wherever I'm wrong: What I understood: Let's say $\ce{H2O}$ has a (...
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Why is vapor pressure constant at boiling point?

At non-boiling point, I understand that when you add heat, temperature increases and also the amount of gas increases, so by using $PV=nRT$ at constant volume, the increase in $n$ and $T$ would ...
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Measuring vapour pressure in a closed system

My experiment requires the determination of vapour pressure from which I will calculate the number density (or number of moles of the molecule) later, for a closed system. Here's my setup : Liquid ...
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How does association within vapor or dissociation within liquid affect the ideal nature of a binary solution?

As I understand, when there is positive deviation of a binary solution from Raoult's Law, the equilibrium partial pressure curve approach ideality (i.e a straight line dependence of equilibrium ...
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Effect of an inert gas on steam vapor pressure at equilibrium

Suppose we have a closed container with mobile walls, so it will change its volume in order to equal the external pressure(constant) to the internal pressure. This container has inside it a liquid ...
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Is every substance in equilibrium with its vapours?

In one of my previous questions, I got an answer from user Jan: The smell of a compound as we perceive it usually depends on which receptors in the nose will bind the molecule (or not). These ...
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