A gas stream entering an absorber is 20 mol% CO2 and 80 mol% air. The flowrate is 1 m3/min at 1 bar and 360 K. When the gas stream exits the absorber, 98% of the incoming CO2 has been absorbed into a flowing liquid amine stream. a. What are the gas stream mass flowrates on the inlet and outlets in g/min? b. What is the volumetric flowrate on the gas outlet of the absorber if the stream is at 320 K and 1 bar?

the best answer is d because the strong cohesion is caused by the ability of water molecules to undergo hydrogen bonding.

a is incorrect because when water solidifies, it becomes   ice, which expands and occupies a bigger volume for the same mass of water in its liquid state.

b is incorrect because water has high surface tension. besides bonding to itself it hydrogen bonds to other molecules at the top decreasing possibility for breaking of attractive forces.

c is incorrect because the water molecule has oxygen which is highly electronegative and so pulls the electron pair towards itself creating a dipole moment, making the molecule polar.

e is incorrect because water has strong adhesion, ability to stick to other molecules such as glass because of this molecules having stronger hydrogen bonding than water.