Vapor density method for liquid Y at 372 K, 101 kPa; three trials of volume and mass.在 372 K、101 kPa 下用蒸气密度法测定液体 Y;三次实验记录体积与质量。
(a) Mean volume $= (57.8 + 58.0 + 58.4)/3 = 58.1~\mathrm{cm^3}$. Mean mass $= (0.0865 + 0.0870 + 0.0872)/3 = 0.0869~\mathrm{g}$.平均体积 $= (57.8 + 58.0 + 58.4)/3 = 58.1~\mathrm{cm^3}$。平均质量 $= (0.0865 + 0.0870 + 0.0872)/3 = 0.0869~\mathrm{g}$。
(b) Convert to SI: $V = 58.1~\mathrm{cm^3} = 5.81 \times 10^{-5}~\mathrm{m^3}$, $P = 101{,}000~\mathrm{Pa}$, $T = 372~\mathrm{K}$.换算为 SI:$V = 58.1~\mathrm{cm^3} = 5.81 \times 10^{-5}~\mathrm{m^3}$,$P = 101{,}000~\mathrm{Pa}$,$T = 372~\mathrm{K}$。
$$n = \dfrac{PV}{RT} = \dfrac{(101{,}000)(5.81 \times 10^{-5})}{(8.31)(372)} = 1.90 \times 10^{-3}~\mathrm{mol}$$
$$M = \dfrac{m}{n} = \dfrac{0.0869}{1.90 \times 10^{-3}} = 45.8~\mathrm{g\,mol^{-1}}$$
(c) Percentage error against the accepted value:相对公认值的百分误差:
$$\%~\text{error} = \dfrac{|46.07 - 45.8|}{46.07} \times 100\% = 0.57\%$$
(d) Two systematic errors that push $M$ too high, since $M = m/n$ and $n = PV/RT$ (so anything that makes the calculated $n$ too small makes $M$ too large):由于 $M = m/n$、$n = PV/RT$(因此任何使计算出的 $n$ 偏小的因素都会使 $M$ 偏大),以下两个系统误差会使 $M$ 系统性偏高:
Incomplete vaporization: if the recorded volume is read before every drop of liquid Y has vaporized, the gas-phase moles corresponding to that volume are less than the true moles implied by the full injected mass. Since the mass used in the calculation is the mass of all the liquid injected (not just the vaporized fraction), $n$ calculated from $V$ is too small relative to the mass used, so $M = m/n$ comes out too high.汽化不完全:若在液体 Y 尚未完全汽化前就读取体积,该体积对应的气相摩尔数会小于注入总质量所对应的真实摩尔数。由于计算中使用的质量是全部注入液体的质量(而非仅已汽化的部分),由 $V$ 算出的 $n$ 相对所用质量偏小,导致 $M = m/n$ 偏高。
Heat loss to the syringe barrel: if the gas in the syringe is actually slightly cooler than the recorded bath temperature $T$ (e.g. heat lost through the barrel walls), using the higher recorded $T$ in $n = PV/RT$ divides by a value larger than the true temperature, giving a calculated $n$ that is too small, and hence $M$ too high.热量散失到注射器筒壁:若注射器中气体的实际温度略低于记录的水浴温度 $T$(如热量经筒壁散失),在 $n = PV/RT$ 中使用偏高的记录温度会导致除以一个大于真实温度的值,从而使算出的 $n$ 偏小,$M$ 因而偏高。
(e) Use a balance with a finer resolution (e.g. reading to $\pm 0.0001~\mathrm{g}$ instead of $\pm 0.001~\mathrm{g}$) and/or repeat the mass measurement more times and average. The mass difference measured here ($\approx 0.087~\mathrm{g}$) is small, so the balance's reading uncertainty is a large fraction of the measured value; a finer balance directly shrinks the random scatter seen across the three trials.使用精度更高的天平(如读数精确到 $\pm 0.0001~\mathrm{g}$ 而非 $\pm 0.001~\mathrm{g}$),和/或增加质量测量的重复次数并取平均。此处测得的质量差(约 $0.087~\mathrm{g}$)很小,天平的读数不确定度占测量值的比例较大;使用精度更高的天平可直接减小三次实验之间的随机波动。
(f) The ideal gas equation only applies to a sample that is entirely in the gas phase. If the temperature is too close to (or below) the boiling point of Y, some of the sample may remain as liquid inside the syringe. That liquid still contributes to the measured mass but occupies negligible volume and contributes essentially zero moles of gas, so $n$ calculated from $V$ would badly underestimate the true amount corresponding to the mass used: a large, uncontrolled systematic error, not a small one. Heating to just above the boiling point ensures complete vaporization, so every part of the measured mass is genuinely present as gas obeying (approximately) $PV = nRT$, leaving only the smaller, well-understood real-gas deviation as a source of error.理想气体方程只适用于完全处于气相的样品。若温度过于接近(或低于)Y 的沸点,样品中一部分可能仍以液态残留在注射器内。这部分液体仍计入测得的质量,却几乎不占体积、对气体摩尔数的贡献接近零,因此由 $V$ 算出的 $n$ 会大幅低估与所用质量对应的真实物质的量:这是一个巨大且难以控制的系统误差,而非小误差。加热至刚高于沸点可确保完全汽化,使测得质量的每一部分都确实以气体形式存在、(近似)遵循 $PV = nRT$,从而只剩下较小、可预期的真实气体偏差作为误差来源。
Where this goes wrong.错在哪一步。 Part (d) asks for systematic errors and the most common wrong answer names a random one instead — typically “the volume readings varied between trials.” That variation is exactly what the three trials and the averaging in (a) are there to smooth out; it pushes individual readings above and below the mean, not the calculated $M$ consistently in one direction, so it cannot explain a result that is consistently 0.57% too high. A systematic error has to survive averaging and push every trial the same way: incomplete vaporization and heat loss to the barrel both make the calculated $n$ too small on every single trial, which is what a script needs to identify and connect back to $M = m/n$ to earn the mark, not a source of scatter that averaging already accounts for.第 (d) 问要求的是系统误差,而最常见的错误答案给出的却是一个随机误差——通常是“各次实验记录的体积有波动”。这种波动正是三次实验并在 (a) 中取平均所要消除的东西;它使单次读数在均值上下波动,而不是使算出的 $M$ 持续偏向同一方向,因此无法解释一个持续偏高 0.57%的结果。系统误差必须能经受住取平均而不消失,并使每一次实验都偏向同一方向:汽化不完全与热量散失到筒壁都会使每一次实验算出的 $n$ 偏小,这才是需要指出、并与 $M = m/n$ 联系起来才能得分的原因,而不是一个取平均就已经处理掉的离散来源。
Insight洞见
Systematic-error questions are graded on direction, not just naming a plausible error: always trace the error back through $M = m/n$ and $n = PV/RT$ to state explicitly whether $M$ comes out too high or too low, and why. A vague "the balance might be inaccurate" earns little; "if $V$ is under-read, $n$ is under-calculated, so $M = m/n$ is over-calculated" earns the mark. This experiment (the classical vapor-density / Dumas-type method) is a recurring IB Paper 3 context precisely because it links the ideal gas law to experimental error analysis in one coherent story.系统误差类题目的评分点在于方向,而不只是说出一个可信的误差来源:务必沿着 $M = m/n$ 与 $n = PV/RT$ 追溯误差,明确说明 $M$ 会偏高还是偏低,并说明原因。含糊地说"天平可能不准确"得分很少;而"若 $V$ 读数偏低,则 $n$ 被低估,因而 $M = m/n$ 被高估"才能得分。这类实验(经典的蒸气密度法/杜马法)之所以在 IB Paper 3 中反复出现,正是因为它把理想气体定律与实验误差分析串成了一条连贯的逻辑链。