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chemistry
Category: Science > Chemistry Asked by: teatea-ga List Price: $2.00 |
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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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Re: chemistry
Answered By: elmarto-ga on 26 Jul 2003 19:00 PDT Rated: |
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 Google search strategy: equilibrium constant ://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=equilibrium+constant Best wishes! elmarto |
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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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