The vapour pressure of two miscible liquids

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Problem

The vapour pressure of two miscible liquids (A) and (B) are 300 and 500 mm of Hg respectively. In a flask 10 mole of (A) is mixed with 12 mole of (B). However, as soon as (B) is added, (A) starts polymerising into a completely insoluble solid. The polymerisation follows first-order kinetics. After 100 minute, 0.525 mole of a solid is dissolved which arrests the polymerisation completely. The final vapour pressure of the solution is 400 mm of Hg. Estimate the rate constant of the polymerisation reaction. Assume negligible volume change on mixing and polymerisation and ideal behaviour for the final solution.

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