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Offline wannalearn

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Concentrations affect Equilibrium constant?
« on: March 15, 2014, 05:49:31 AM »
as i know, changing concentrations doesn't affect equilibrium constants.
but what about this, CaCO3 (s) <--> CaO (s) + CO2 (g)
here i think that: Kc=[CO2] because the rest are solids
now if we changed the concentration of CO2 how the Kc is not affected? if we increased [CO2] the Kc should increase??
pls i need an answer

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Re: Concentrations affect Equilibrium constant?
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2014, 08:51:07 AM »
You are confusing Q (reaction quotient) with Kc (equilibrium constant). Q equals Kc at equilibrium but systems don't have to be at equilibrium, so Q is not guaranteed to equal Kc in every case.
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