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gas and aqueous equilibrium
« on: March 18, 2021, 04:03:38 PM »
what would the equilibrium expression be if a reaction equation had both aqueous and gaseous parts. Would I convert the gaseous pressure to chemical concentration equivalents using RT?

Or would I just use pressure in atm along with molarity?

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Re: gas and aqueous equilibrium
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2021, 04:37:47 PM »
Or would I just use pressure in atm along with molarity?

I think the correct unit to use is bar, but yes, you are combining pressures with concentrations (technically they are all converted to activities, so there is no unit mixing)
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Re: gas and aqueous equilibrium
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2021, 04:44:31 PM »
While schools fail to teach this, each term in an reaction quotient is divided by a standard activity. That is, all molar concentrations are divided by 1 mol/L and all pressures are divided by 1*105 Pa (which is exactly 1 bar), so units cancel out. This is significant too, as dividing by 1*105 changes the numerical value of your pressure terms significantly.

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