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Subject:
General Chemistry-Calculating moles of Reactants/Products at Equilibrium
Category: Science > Chemistry Asked by: kepalz-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
22 Feb 2006 07:32 PST
Expires: 24 Mar 2006 07:32 PST Question ID: 448365 |
This is a 2 part question. The first part of which I have calculated..."An equilibrium mixture holds 1.5 moles H2(g), 8.00 moles CO2(g), 1.00 mole H20(g) and 3.00 moles CO(g) in a 5.00 liter container, what is Kc for this mixture?" With the balanced equation I determined that Kc = .25. The second part of the question, a continuation of the first part, I do not know how to complete..."How many moles of H2 (gas) must be added to the container in order to increase the amount of CO to 3.50 moles?" I know this has something to do with stoichiometry but I'm not sure how to approach this and get the correct answer. Help would be greatly appreciated. |
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Re: General Chemistry-Calculating moles of Reactants/Products at Equilibrium
From: stantheman-ga on 27 Feb 2006 05:50 PST |
This looks like a homework problem so I won't give you the answer but I will tell you how to set it up. You already have the equation and you have the correct value for the equilibrium constant, Kc. Let 'x' be the number of moles of hydrogen that you have to add, so the total amount of hydrogen initially will be (1.5 + x) moles, but this will decrease as the system reaches a new equilibrium. The number of moles of CO2 will also decrease and the CO and water will increase. The CO has to increase from 3 to 3.5 moles. Because of the stoichiometry, the number of moles of H2O must increase by the same amount and the CO2 and H2 have to decrease by that same amount. With this information, you should be able to set up an equation with 'x' as the only unknown. Solve for 'x' and you've got your answer. |
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