A vessel has two compartments. First compartment contains 2 kg of dry saturated steam at 7 bar [v[email protected] = 0.27 m3/kg] and second compartment contains 1 kg of steam of dryness fraction of 0.8 at 3.5 bar [v[email protected] 3.5 bar = 0.55 m3/kg]. After the partition is removed, the pressure of the mixture is found to be 5 bar [v[email protected] bar = 0.37 m3/kg]. Neglecting the volume of water, what will be the specific volume of mixture?

• A. 0.281 m3/kg
• B. 0.326 m3/kg
• C. 0.462 m3/kg
• D. 0.521 m3/kg