Calculate equilibrium concentrations in a 0.2 dm
3 aqueous solution (25°C) of alcohol (pK
a = 16), 0.6 moldm
-3 initial concentration, to which 3g sodium metal is added? E°(Na
+/Na) = -2.71 V.
I know the reactions are:
2H
+ + 2Na (s)
H
2 (g) + 2Na
+R-OH (aq)
R-O
- (aq) + H
+H2O
H
+ + OH
-The equilibrium constants for these reactions are given. My issues are, how to deal with production of H
2 (g) - clearly we need to calculate partial pressure somehow - and with Na (s). Seems hard to write a mass balance including either of these.