A mixture of ethanol (ethyl alcohol) and water contains 40.0% water by mass. (a) Assuming volume additivity of the components, estimate the specific gravity of the mixture at 20°C. What volume (in liters) of this mixture is required to provide 150 mol of ethanol? (b) Repeat Part (a) with the additional information that the specific gravity of the mixture at 20°C is 0.89045 (making it unnecessary to assume volume additivity). What percentage error results from the volume-additivity assumption?

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A mixture of ethanol (ethyl alcohol) and water contains 40.0% water by mass.
(a) Assuming volume additivity of the components, estimate the specific gravity of the
mixture at 20°C. What volume (in liters) of this mixture is required to provide 150 mol of
ethanol?
(b) Repeat Part (a) with the additional information that the specific gravity of the mixture at
20°C is 0.89045 (making it unnecessary to assume volume additivity). What percentage error
results from the volume-additivity assumption?

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