Ice and water are placed in a closed container at a pressure of 1 atm and temperature 273 K. If pressure of the system is increased to 2 atm while keeping temperature constant, which of the following would be the correct observation?

Question

Ice and water are placed in a closed container at a pressure of 1 atm and temperature 273 K. If pressure of the system is increased to 2 atm while keeping temperature constant, which of the following would be the correct observation? (A) The liquid phase disappears completely (B) The amount of ice decreases (C) The solid phase (ice) disappears completely (D) Volume of the system increases

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

Ice leftharpoons water; due to conversion of ice to water volume decreases. Due to increase in pressure, the conversion of ice to water is favored.

Q. Ice and water are placed in a closed container at a pressure of $1 a t m$ and temperature $273 K$ . If pressure of the system is increased to $2 a t m$ while keeping temperature constant, which of the following would be the correct observation?

The liquid phase disappears completely

The amount of ice decreases

The solid phase (ice) disappears completely

Volume of the system increases

Ice $⇌$ water; due to conversion of ice to water volume decreases.
Due to increase in pressure, the conversion of ice to water is favored.

Q. Ice and water are placed in a closed container at a pressure of 1atm and temperature 273K. If pressure of the system is increased to 2atm while keeping temperature constant, which of the following would be the correct observation?