Ex 17012018
Ex 17012018
Ex 17012018
A 2.00 L container contains 1.00 mole each of H 2 and I2 gases. When the system reached equilibrium,
the concentration of I2 is 0.11 M. The equilibrium equation is
H2(g) + I2(g) ⇆ 2 HI(g)
What is the equilibrium constant?
Problem 2
Phosgene (COCl2) is a poisonous gas that dissociates at high temperature into two other poisonous
gases, carbon monoxide and chlorine. The equilibrium constant Kp = 0.0041 at 600°K. Find the
equilibrium composition of the system after 0.124 atm of COCl2 is allowed to reach equilibrium at
this temperature.
Problem 3
At 1100 K, Kc = 4.20 ∙ 10-6 for the gas phase reaction,
2 H2S(g) ⇄ 2 H2(g) + S2(g)
What concentration of S2 can be expected when 0.200 mole of H2S comes to equilibrium at 1100 K in an
otherwise empty 1.00 L vessel?
Problem 4
When 3.06g of solid NH4HS is introduced into a 2 litre evacuated flask at 27°C, 30% of the solid
decomposed into gaseous ammonia and hydrogen sulphide. (i) Calculate Kc for reaction at
27°C. (ii) What would happen to the equilibrium when more solid NH 4HS is introduced
into the flask?
Solution
Problem 1
A 2.00 L container contains 1.00 mole each of H2 and I2 gases. When the system reached
equilibrium, the concentration of I2 is 0.11. The equilibrium equation is
H2(g) + I2(g) ⇆2 HI(g)
What is the equilibrium constant?
Solution:
Start by drawing up a table showing the relationships between the components:
H2 I2 2HI
Initial moles 1 1 0
Change -x -x +2x
[HI]2
Kc = --------------- = 50.28
[H2] ∙[I2]
Problem 2
Phosgene (COCl2) is a poisonous gas that dissociates at high temperature into
two other poisonous gases, carbon monoxide and chlorine. The equilibrium
constant
Kp = 0.0041 at 600°K. Find the equilibrium composition of the system after
0.124 atm of COCl2 is allowed to reach equilibrium at this temperature.
COCl2 ⇄ CO + Cl2
COCl2 CO Cl2
2 H2S 2 H2 S2
initial 0.200 0 0
condition
Change -2x 2x x
equilibrium 0.200-2x 2x x
The definition of Kc leads to the equation,
[H2]2 [S2] (2x)2 (x)
Kc = ----------- = ------------ = 4.20 ∙ 10-6
[H2S]2 (0.200-2x)2
This is a cubic equation, and there is no general method to solve this type of
equations. Fortunately, since the equilibrium constant is very small, we expect x
to be a small value. Thus, 0.200 - 2x is almost 0.200. With this approximation,
we have a simpler equation to solve:
4 x3 = (0.200)2 ∙ 4.20 ∙ 10-6
= 1.68 ∙ 10-7
x3 = 1.68 ∙ 10-7 / 4 = 4.2 ∙ 10-8
x = (4.2 ∙ 10-8)1/3
= 3.5 ∙ 10-3 = [S2]
[H2] = 2 x = 7.0 ∙ 10-3
Problem 4
When 3.06g of solid NH4HS is introduced into a 2 litre evacuated flask at 27°C, 30% of the solid
decomposed into gaseous ammonia and hydrogen sulphide.
(i) Calculate Kc for reaction at 27°C.
(ii) What would happen to the equilibrium when more solid NH 4HS is introduced into the flask?
Then , we draw up the table showing the relationships between the components:
NH4HS NH3 H2S
initial 0.06 0 0
condition
change -x x x
equilibrium 0.06-x x x
Where x= 0.06 ∙ a
NH4HS(s) ⇄ NH3(g) + H2S (g)
at eqilibrium 0.06 ∙(1 – a) 0.06 ∙ a 0.06 ∙ a
So, Kc = [NH3][H2S]
Kc = 0.018/2 ∙ 0.018/2 = 8.10 ∙ 10–5