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Equilibrium problem
« on: October 25, 2010, 10:33:59 PM »
i am so confused, how do i solve this?

all i know so far is that i have to figure out what numbers to put in:

[2NO2 NUMBER]^2
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[N204 NUMBER]

But im not sure how to find the number for each in this kind of probs. i dont mind solving it myself, can someone help me get started?

Dinitrogentetraoxide partially decomposes according to the following equilibrium:

N2O4 (g) <-> 2NO2 (g)

A 1.00-L flask is charged with 0.400 mol of N2O4. At equilibrium at 373 K, 0.0055 mol ofN2O4
remains. Keq for this reaction is __________.

A) 2.2 x 10-4 B) 13 C) 0.22 D) 0.87 E) 0.022

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Re: Equilibrium problem
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2010, 02:54:41 AM »
Use stoichiometry of the reaction to calculate final concentrations.
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Re: Equilibrium problem
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2010, 07:59:19 AM »
.??? sorry this is my first time doing this kind of problem and im really lost.

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Re: Equilibrium problem
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2010, 10:15:54 AM »
There is nothing complicated here.

Initially there was 0.0400 moles of N2O4. Finally there was 0.0055 moles. How many moles decomposed? How many moles of NO2 were produced?

This is very, very simple stoichiometry, nothing fancy.
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