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Subject: chemistry
Category: Science > Chemistry
Asked by: teatea-ga
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Posted: 26 Jul 2003 18:37 PDT
Expires: 25 Aug 2003 18:37 PDT
Question ID: 235505
For the reaction, CaCO3 (s)<---> CaO (s) + CO2 (g) the expression for
the equilibrium constant is:
a. [CaO][CO2]
b. [CO2]
c. [Ca][CO2]/[CaCO3]
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Subject: Re: chemistry
Answered By: elmarto-ga on 26 Jul 2003 19:00 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hi again teatea!
Since pure solids are not included in the equilibrium constant, and
since CaCO3 and CaO are in solid state, the correct answer is then
(b): [CO2]. Check the following page to see the rules involved in
writing the equilibrium constant:

Learning Chemistry Tutorials
http://www.learnchem.net/tutorials/eq.shtml


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Best wishes!
elmarto
teatea-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars

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Subject: Re: chemistry
From: fugacity-ga on 28 Jul 2003 14:53 PDT
 
Actually, pure solids are considered in the equilibrium equation, only
their contributions are multiplicative by their acitivity, which for a
pure substance is 1.

Equilibrium expressions only use concentration as an approximation for
activity or fugacity, which would be the correct thermodynamic
quantities.  Since the activity of a pure substance is 1, they only
"seem" to have no contribution.

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