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A 1.8m^3 rigid tank contains steam at 220C. One third of the volume is in the liquid phase and the rest is in the vapor form. Determine:
A) The pressure of the steam
B) The quality of the saturated mixture
C) the density of the mixture

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a. When there is a mixture of liquid and vapor phase, the steam is saturated. Thus we use the saturated steam table at 220C (see the first reference). The saturated pressure ...

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