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Chemical Equilibrium Part 2
Chemical Equilibrium Part 2
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Changes in Concentration
PCl5 PCl3 + Cl2 Kc = 0.030
At equilibrium:
Adding reactants shifts the reaction toward products
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Le Châtelier Sample Problem
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Changes in Pressure and Volume
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Pre-solved Example
N2 (g) + 3 H2 (g) 2 NH3 (g)
Before After
compression compression
2.0% of total 9.2% of total
PNH3 = 0.2 atm PNH3 = 8.4 atm
pressure pressure
PN2 = 2.4 atm PN2 = 21 atm
PH2 = 7.2 atm PH2 = 62 atm
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Further Examples
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Changes in Temperature
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Sample Question
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Adding a Catalyst
A catalyst is a substance that increases the rate of a reaction
without itself being consumed in the reaction
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Question
Which of the following equilibria would not be
affected by changes in overall pressure?
(a) 2 NO(g) + O2(g) 2 NO2(g)
(b) N2O4(g) 2 NO2(g)
(c) 4 NH3(g) + 5 O2(g) 4 NO(g) + 6 H2O(g)
(d) CaCO3(s) CaO(s) + CO2(g)
(e) CO(g) + H2O(g) CO2(g) + H2(g)
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New Question
What would happen if O2 were removed from the
following system at equilibrium at 25°C?
2 NO2(g) 2 NO(g) + O2(g) Kc = 7.4 x 10–1
(a) The NO2 and NO concentrations would increase.
(b) The NO2 and NO concentrations would decrease.
(c) The NO2 concentration would increase and the NO
concentration would decrease.
(d) The NO2 concentration would decrease and the
(d) The NO concentration would decrease and the
NO concentration would increase.
(e) none of the above
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Yet Another Question
The following chemical reaction has reached
equilibrium. Which of the changes listed below
would cause the equilibrium to shift back toward the
reactants?
N
N2(g) + 3 H ( ) 2 NH
( ) 3 H2(g) ( ) H
2 NH3(g) H = 92.2
92 2 kJ/mol
kJ/ lrxn
(a) increasing the pressure
(b) increasing the concentration of N2
(b) increasing the concentration of N
(c) increasing the temperature
(d) decreasing the concentration of NH3
(e) none of these
(e) none of these
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Le Châtelier’s Principle Summary
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The Haber-Bosch Process
Artificial nitrogen fixation process to produce ammonia
N2 2 (g)
(g) + 3 H
3 H2 2 (g)
(g) 2 NH3 3 (g) ΔH
2 NH (g) ΔH° = ‐92.2
92.2 kJ/mol
kJ/mol
‐ Fertilizer for 1/3 of world population, chemicals, explosives
2) Use a moderate temperature (300‐550°C) to get a good reaction rate
g c too much
without lowering K
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The Haber-Bosch Process
3) Use a catalyst to speed up the reaction
‐ Catalysts do not change K
Catalysts do not change Kc
‐ Catalysts lower the activation energy of a reaction, increasing its rate
Most Haber reactors use a porous iron catalyst made from Fe
b l d f 3O4
4) Periodically remove NH3 from the reactor
N2 + 3 H2 → 2 NH3
‐ forces the reaction toward products
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Adding a Catalyst
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A Haber-Bosch Plant
An American ammonia plant, c. 1970
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Equilibrium Thermodynamics
∆G° measures the difference between the free energies of the reactants and
products when all species are present at 1 atm (gases) and 1 M (solutes)
Reactants Products
∆G° < 0 → spontaneous → products favored → K > 1
∆G° > 0 → not spontaneous
p → reactants favored → K < 1
exponential
ti l relationship
l ti hi
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Standard Free Energy and Equilibrium
signifies standard conditions: 1 atm for gases
1 M for solutes
∆G°
∆G
at the standard state, Qc = Qp = 1
∆G° K
large + << 1
small + <1
0 =1
smallll - >1
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Free Energy at Non-standard Conditions
What is the value of the free energy change when we are not at
standard conditions?
(i.e., ≠ 1 atm for all gases and 1 M for all solutes)
∆G at any Q:
0
aG
-50
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equilibrium
∆G° = -100 kJ/mol: -100
-150 ∆G = ∆G°
-200
-40 -20 0 20 40 60
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Temperature Dependence of Keq
Equilibrium constants change with temperature
- Predictable based on ∆H° of the reaction
We know:
and
So:
∆H°
∆H K
+ (endo) exp. increases with T
- (exo) exp. decreases with T
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Temperature Dependence of Keq
Exothermic
ln K
Endothermic
1/T
higher temp
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Temperature Take-Homes
The value of the equilibrium constant changes with temperature for
a given reaction.
Master Equations:
A + B + heat
A + B + heat C+D
C + D
∆H° K
- (exo) decreases with T
Temperature Kc Kp
°C
‐78 400,000,000 25,000,000
0 1400 62.5
25 170 6.95
100 2.1 0.069
The dimer
Th di i f
is favored at low temperatures
d tl t t
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Sample Problem
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