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Gibbs Free Energy for the Production of Ozone
« on: December 06, 2011, 06:47:06 PM »
An atmospheric chemist is investigating the reaction below for the production of ozone (O3) in the stratosphere:

3 O2(g)  :rarrow: 2 O3(g)

From the following standard half cell potentials:
O3(g) + 2 H+ + 2 e :rarrow: O2(g) + H2O(l) E°=2.07V
O2(g) + 4 H+ + 4 e :rarrow: 2 H2O(l) E°=1.23V

The temperature of the stratosphere is -60°C. The Kc at this temperature is:
A. 3.33 *10-80
B. 1.54 *10-70
C. 0.83
D. 3.00 *1079

Here's the work that I did:
E°=1.23V-2.07V=-.84V
nFE=RTln(K):
(4 mol e)(96485 C/mol e) (-.84V)=(8.31447J/mol*K)(273-60K)lnK
K=3.2*10-80

As this is pretty close to A, I put that down. The answer, though, is B. Is there something I missed?

Thanks!  :)

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