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Chemistry Forums for Students => High School Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: ashee805 on March 02, 2005, 09:30:25 PM
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hello, here's another equalb. prob...
at a certain temp an equalib. mixture of
NO2 + SO2 ------> NO + SO3
in a 2.0 liter container (all are gases) is analyzed and found to contain the following:
0.200 mole NO2
.600 mole SO2
4.00 mole NO
1.200 mole SO3
then, .500 mole SO2 is injected into the container at the same temp. when equalib is reestablished, what are the new concentrations of NO2 SO2 NO aand SO3?
here is what i did:
NO2 + SO2 ------> NO + SO3
I .200 .600 4.000 1.200
C -X -X +X +X
E (.200-X) (.600-X) (4.00+X) (1.200+x)
do i divide them all by 2 in the initial stage or at equalib. and what do i do now?
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The first part allows you to calculate the equilibrium constant Kc (you can use moles instead of concentration because sums of moles of reagents for both side are equal.
The second part lead up to quadratic equation
K (0.200-x)(0.600+0.500-x)=(4.00+x)(1.200+x)
Ater finding x, calculate moles of all reagents at the equlibrium, then concentration (moles divided by volume in liters)