Help with this interpolation (change in entropy while heating water)

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Homework Statement
A piston-cylinder device initially contain 7 lbm of liquid water at 25 psia and
75 F the water is now heated at constant pressure by the addition of 4520
Btu of heat. Determine the entropy change of the water during this process.
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Heat and pression
Hello, everyone :).
I try to resolve this common problem. But, when i got in the interpolation of state 2, the values not make the sense.
I have 25 psia and 75 F, but, in the superheated water table, there are not values with 25 psia (only 20 psia and 40 psia). And, the temperature values starting with 1000 F, so, its not possible the interpolation.

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Chestermiller said:
The final state is not superheated. It is a combination of saturated liquid and saturated vapor at 240 F and 25 psi.
So, i can use the saturated water table and use the 240 F with that 24.985 psia, and just use btu/lbm *R of the Sfg? In this case interpolation its not necessary?
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Noob of the Maths said:
So, i can use the saturated water table and use the 240 F with that 24.985 psia, and just use btu/lbm *R of the Sfg? In this case interpolation its not necessary?
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No way. You need to find the mass fraction liquid and the mass fraction vapor in the final state, and then use this to get the combined entropy in the final state.
 
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