A liquid adhesive consists of a polymer dissolved in a solvent.

The amount of poly- mer in the solution is

important to the application. An adhesive dealer receives an order for 3000 pounds of an adhesive
solution containing 13 % polymer by weight on hand is 500 pounds of 10 % solution and very large
quantities of 20 % solution and pure solvent. Calculate the weight of each that must be blended together
to fill this order . Use all of the 10 % solution .

Example :

exist as separate compounds, ooly two chemical species actually exist in the tank: Na2CO, and H20. Let's
select these species as the components for which to make material balances, because it takes fewer
steps to make the required calculations

Select a basis. The following is convenient; others can be used, such as 3000 g of Na CO 10 H20 Basis:
10,000 kg of saturated solution at 30°C

Steps 2 and 3 (Repeated) From the known data we have calculated the compositions the compounds and
solutions, and put them on Figure E8.6b. The problem now appears to be quite similar to the previous
examples, particularly Example 8.4.

To find the temperature of the final solution, calculate the composition final solution in terms of grams
of Na2CO/100 grams of H2O so that you can use the tabulated solubility data listed in Steps 2-4 above