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Syllabus reference 9.5.2

1 Ammonia may be produced from its elements according to the following equation:
N2(g)  3H2(g) 2NH3(g) H  92 kJ/mol
a Write an expression for the equilibrium constant (K) for this reaction.

b If the equilibrium constant for this reaction at 500ºC is 1.1  107, what is the equilibrium
constant for the reverse reaction?

2 What do the K values for the following equilibria tell you about the reactions involved?
a HNO3(aq)  H2O(l) H3O(aq)  NO3(aq) K  19.9 at 25°C

b PbCl2(s) Pb2 (aq)  2Cl (aq) K  1.7105 at 25°C

3 At 800 K the equilibrium constant for the reaction

COCl2(g) CO(g)  Cl2(g)
is 5.0  103. At this temperature what is the value of the equilibrium constant for
2CO(g)  2Cl2(g) 2COCl2(g) ?

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4 Iron(III) ions react with colourless thiocyanate ions, SCN, to form an intensely red-coloured
complex in an equilibrium reaction:
Fe3(aq)  SCN(aq) Fe(SCN)2(aq)
By knowing the starting concentrations of Fe3 and SCN and measuring the concentration of
FeSCN2 by absorption of light, it is possible to determine the concentrations of all species at
equilibrium. Use the equilibrium concentrations (all in mol/L) in the following table to calculate
the equilibrium constant for this reaction.

[Fe3] 0.200 0.200 0.100 0.100

[Fe(SCN)2] 0.0094 0.0190 0.0087 0.0047
[SCN] 0.00060 0.0012 0.0011 0.00060

5 Phosgene gas, COCl2, decomposes to carbon monoxide and chlorine at elevated temperatures.
0.050 mole of phosgene was placed in a 1.0L flask and heated to 400ºC. At equilibrium it was
found that the concentration of chlorine was 0.0060 mol/L. Calculate the equilibrium constant.

6 For the reaction

Br2(aq)  Br(aq) Br3(aq)
the equilibrium constant at 298 K is 18. What is the concentration of Br2 in a solution in which
the equilibrium concentrations of bromide and tribromide are 0.085 and 0.050 mol/L respectively?

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7 At 1000 K the equilibrium constant for the reaction
2SO2(g)  O2(g) 2SO3(g)
is 246. If at equilibrium, the concentrations of SO2 and O2 are 0.600 M and 1.00 M respectively,
what is the equilibrium concentration of SO3?

8 Nitrogen dioxide, NO2, a brown gas often present in photochemical smog, decomposes when
heated according to the equilibrium
2NO2(g) 2NO(g)  O2(g), for which K  9.0 at 910°C
Analysis of a mixture of NO2, NO and O2 at 410°C shows the concentrations of these species to
be 2.0 M, 1.0 M and 2.0 M respectively.
a Is this an equilibrium mixture?

b If the mixture is not an equilibrium mixture, which reaction—forward or reverse—will be

favoured as the system moves to equilibrium?

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9 A reaction commonly used industrially as a source of hydrogen is:
CH4(g)  H2O(l) CO(g)  3H2(g)
The equilibrium constant is 0.26 at 1200 K.
a Write the equilibrium expression for this reaction.

b In a particular reaction mixture the concentrations were:

[CH4]  0.045 mol/L, [H2O]  0.24 mol/L, [CO]  0.060 mol/L, [H2]  0.50 mol/L
Is this mixture at equilibrium? Explain how you made your decision.

c If the mixture in b is not at equilibrium, in which direction will the reaction go as the mixture
approaches equilibrium—to the right or to the left? Explain why.
If the mixture in b is at equilibrium, in which direction will the reaction go if the mixture is
suddenly compressed into half the original volume? Explain why.

d At 1400 K the value of the equilibrium constant is greater than at 1200 K. Is the reaction exo-
or endothermic? Explain how you made your decision.

10 At room temperature gaseous 0.2

dinitrogen pentoxide decomposes
to nitrogen dioxide and oxygen. 0.15
In a particular experiment
0.10 mole of dinitrogen pentoxide [NO2]
(mol/L) 0.1
was placed in a 1.00 L flask and
the concentration of nitrogen
dioxide was measured as a
function of time. The results
are graphed at right:
0 1 2 3 4 5
Time (min)

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 Use the information above to calculate the equilibrium constant for the reaction:
2N2O5(g) 4NO2(g)  O2(g)

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