Increasing the amount of liquid in a sealed container will cause the vapor pressure of the liquid to
A. Increase, regardless of the identity of the liquid
B. Increase, if the liquid is sufficiently volatile
C. Decrease, regardless of the identity of the liquid
D. Remain the same, regardless of the identity of the liquid
E. Decrease, if the liquid is sufficiently volatile
According to my Kaplan book (2002 edition) the answer is D. Their answer explanation is "In this question, the only thing that is changing is the amount of liquid in the container; this will have no effect on the ability of liquid molecules to become gas molecules." I would've thought that increasing the amount of liquid would decrease the volume that the gas particles can reside in, thus resulting in increased vapor pressure. Someone explain this to me?
A. Increase, regardless of the identity of the liquid
B. Increase, if the liquid is sufficiently volatile
C. Decrease, regardless of the identity of the liquid
D. Remain the same, regardless of the identity of the liquid
E. Decrease, if the liquid is sufficiently volatile
According to my Kaplan book (2002 edition) the answer is D. Their answer explanation is "In this question, the only thing that is changing is the amount of liquid in the container; this will have no effect on the ability of liquid molecules to become gas molecules." I would've thought that increasing the amount of liquid would decrease the volume that the gas particles can reside in, thus resulting in increased vapor pressure. Someone explain this to me?