Question: ( b ) [ 1 0 ] An exhaust stream from a semiconductor fabrication unit contains 3 mole % acetone ( C _ 3 H

(b)[10] An exhaust stream from a semiconductor fabrication unit contains 3 mole % acetone (C_3H_6O) and 97 mole % air. In order to eliminate any possible environmental pollution, this acetone-air stream is to be fed to a mass-transfer column in which the acetone will be stripped by a countercurrent, 20^C falling water stream. The tower is to be operated at a total pressure of 1atm. If the combined Raoult-Dalton equilibrium relation may be used to determine the distribution of acetone between the air and the aqueous phases, determine the following: (i) The mole fraction of acetone within the aqueous phase which would be in equilibrium with the 3 mole % acetone gas mixture. (ii) The mole fraction of acetone in the gas phase which would be in equilibrium with 20 ppm acetone in the aqueous phase. Data At 20^C, the vapour pressure of acetone is 5.64\times 10^4Pa. Atomic masses of oxygen, hydrogen and carbon atoms are 16.0,1.0 and 12.0, respectively.

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