CHEM 101: PROBLEM SET ON CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM

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Answer the following questions.

1. Write equilibrium constant expressions for Kc, and for Kp, if applicable, for the following processes:
(a) 2CO2(g) ↔ 2CO(g) + O2(g)
(b) 3O2(g) ↔ 2O3(g)
(c) CO(g) + Cl2(g) ↔ COCl2(g)
(d) H2O(g) + C(s) ↔ CO(g) + H2(g)
(e) HCOOH(aq) ↔ H+(aq) + HCOO-(aq)

2. Consider the following equilibrium process at 700°C:

2 H2(g) + S2(g) ↔ 2 H2S(g)
Analysis shows that there are 2.50 moles of H2, 1.35 x 10-5 mole of S2, and 8.70 moles of H2S present in a
12.0-L flask. Calculate the equilibrium constant Kc for the reaction.

3. A 2.50-mole quantity of NOCl was initially in a 1.50-L reaction chamber at 400°C. After equilibrium was
established, it was found that 28.0 percent of the NOCl had dissociated:
2NOCl(g) ↔ 2NO(g) + Cl2(g)
Calculate the equilibrium constant Kc for the reaction.

4. The equilibrium constant (Kc) for the formation of nitrosyl chloride, an orange-yellow compound, from nitric
oxide and molecular chlorine
2 NO(g) + Cl2(g) ↔ 2 NOCl(g)
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is 6.5 x at 35°C. In a certain experiment, 2.0 x 10-2 mole of NO, 8.3 x 10-3 mole of Cl2, and 6.8 moles of NOCl
are mixed in a 2.0-L fl ask. In which direction will the system proceed to reach equilibrium?

5. At 430°C, the equilibrium constant (Kp) for the reaction

2NO(g) + O2(g) ↔ 2 NO2(g)
is 1.5 x105.In one experiment, the initial pressures of NO, O2, and NO2 are 2.1 x 10-3 atm, 1.1 x 10-2 atm, and
0.14 atm, respectively. Calculate QP and predict the direction that the net reaction will shift to reach equilibrium.