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I'm on an unknown mountain range. When boiling some water, I find that the water boils...

I'm on an unknown mountain range. When boiling some water, I find that the water boils at 91.2° C. Please determine the pressure using the Clausius-Clapeyron Equation.

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The Boiling point of any liquid is the temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid equals the external pressure surrounding the liquid.

At T=91.2C on mountain range, the water boils, so the vapor pressure of water is equal to the external pressure.

The enthalpy of vaporization of water is 40.65 KJ/mol . Now placing the given values in the clausis - clapeyron equation--

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