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Does partial pressure depend on temperature?

(a) True

(b) False

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This intriguing question originated from Distillation in chapter Distillation of Food Processing Unit Operations

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Right option is (a) True

The explanation: As temperature increases the molecular activity at the surface of the water also increases. An increase in temperature would increase the partial pressure where the volume of the container remains constant.

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