Homework Help: Analytical Chemistry

Posted by Anthony on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 9:56pm.

Solute S has a partition coefficient of 4.3 between water (phase 1) and hexane (phase 2).

(a) Calculate the concentration of S in hexane if [Swater] is 0.030 M

(b) If the volume of water is 71.0 mL and the volume of hexane is 16.0 mL, find the quotient (mol S in hexane/mol S in water).

Analytical Chemistry - DrBob222, Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 10:52pm
It isn't clear to me how your partition coefficient is defined. IF it is
K_{phase 1/phase 2} = 4.3 it is done as follows
4.3 = (in H2O)/(in hexane) = (0.03/x and solve for x.

However, I strongly suspect it is defined as
K_{phase 2/phase 1}. You can move the numbers around accordingly.

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