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Absorption and Henry's Law: Screencast

Explains why Henry’s law is used and shows how Henry’s constant is used.

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Important Equations:

xiHi=yiP where Hi= Henry’s constant (bar), which varies with temperature, xi= the mole fraction of component i dissolved in a liquid, yi= the mole fraction of component i in the gas phase, and P= pressure (bar).

One form for the Henry’s constant temperature dependence is: H=1exp(A+BT+ClnT+DT) where A,B,C,D are constants specfic to each species, and T= temperature (K)

Defining Henry’s constant as H=yiPxi is not a universal definition, but it is the form that has a similar form to Raoult’s Law (xiPisat=yiP) where Pisat is the saturation pressure of species i.

Other ways to define Henry’s constant include: Hi=PCi(Lbarmol)

Hi=CiP(molLbar)

Hi=CiCi,gas(dimensionless)

where Ci is the concentration of species i in the liquid, and Ci,gas is the concentration of species i in the gas phase.