Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A student shakes a gas with of water at until the amount dissolved stops changing. At partial pressures of , , and , the dissolved amounts are , , and . Does the gas obey Henry's law? What is its Henry's law constant, in kbar?
Henry's law: , where is the mole fraction of the gas in the solution. has the unit of pressure, and a larger means a smaller solubility. In a weak water solution, the moles of gas in of water are . Heating lowers the solubility of a gas.
Have you tried it?
Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. The test. The ratios are . The amount is proportional to the pressure, so the gas obeys Henry's law.
Step 2. The mole fraction. At , the gas is in of water: .
Step 3. The constant. We want , so .
Answer: yes, the gas obeys the law, and .
Check. A constant of this size is close to that of nitrogen, which also hardly dissolves.
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