Nitrogen gas is soluble in water. At temperature 293 KH, the value of KH is 76.48 kbar . How would the solubility of nitrogen

Question

Nitrogen gas is soluble in water. At temperature 293 K, the value of \(K_H\) is 76.48 kbar . How would the solubility of nitrogen vary (increase, decrease or remain the same) at a temperature above 293 K , if the value of \(K_H\) rises to 88.8 kbar.

Answer 1

Solubility of gas is inversely proportional to the value of Henry's constant \(k_H\). On increasing temperature nitrogen gas becomes less soluble because its \(k_H\) value increases.