CHEF124 T3 2013/2014 Tutorial Topic 4(Chemical Equilibrium)

1. Write equilibrium-constant expressions K

c
for each of the following reactions.
(a) N
2
O
3
(g) NO
2
(g) + NO (g)
(b) 2H
2
S (g) 2H
2
(g) + S
2
(g)
(c) 2NO (g) + O
2
(g) 2NO
2
(g)
2. 2. The equilibrium constant K
c
for the reaction I (g) 2I(g) is 3.8 x 10
-5
at 727
o
C. Calculate K
c

and K
p
for the equilibrium 2I (g) I
2
(g) at the same temperature.
3. A 5.0 L vessel contained 0.0185 mol of PCl
3
, 0.0158 mol of PCl
5
and 0.0870 mol of Cl
2
at 230C in
an equilibrium mixture. Calculate the value of K
c
for the reaction
PCl
3
(g) + Cl
2
(g) PCl
5
(g)
4. The equilibrium constant, K
p
for the reaction PCl
5
(g) PCl
3
(g) + Cl
2
(g) is 1.05 at 250
o
C. The
reaction starts with a mixture of PCl
5
, PCl
3
and Cl
2
at pressures 0.177 atm, 0.233 atm, and 0.111atm,
respectively, at 250
o
C. When the mixture comes to equilibrium at that temperature, which pressures will
have decreased and which will have increased? Explain why.
5. Consider the reaction :
NH
4
HS (s) NH
3
(g) + H
2
S(g)
An equilibrium mixture of this reaction at a certain temperature was found to have [NH
3
] = 0.278M and
[H
2
S] = 0.355M. What is the value of the equilibrium constant (K
c
) at this temperature?
6. Consider the following reaction:
CO(g) + 2H
2
(g) CH
3
OH(g)
A reaction mixture in a 5.19L flask at a certain temperature initially contains 26.9 grams CO and 2.34
grams H
2
. At equilibrium, the flask contains 8.65 grams CH
3
OH. Calculate the equilibrium constant (K
c
)
for the reaction at this temperature.
7. Consider the reaction:
SO
2
Cl
2
(g) SO
2
(g) + Cl
2
(g) , K
p
= 2.91 10
3
(at 298K)
In the reaction at the equilibrium, the partial pressure of SO
2
is 117 torr and Cl
2
is 255 torr. What is the
partial pressure of SO
2
Cl
2
in this mixture?
8. Nitrogen dioxide dimerizes according to the reaction:
2 NO
2
(g) N
2
O
4
(g) , K
p
= 6.7 (at 298K)
A 2.25L container containing 0.055 mol of NO
2
and 0.082 mol of N
2
O
4
at 298K. Is the reaction at
equilibrium? If not, in what direction will the reaction proceed?
9. For the reaction, K
c
= 255 at 1000K.
CO(g) + Cl
2
(g) COCl
2
(g)
If a reaction mixture initially contains 0.1500M of CO and 0.175M of Cl
2
at 1000K, what are the
equilibrium concentrations of CO, Cl
2
and COCl
2
at 1000K?
10. The equilibrium constant K
c
for the reaction:
H
2
(g) + Br
2
(g) 2HBr(g) is 2.18 x 10
6
at 730
o
C. Starting with 3.20 moles of HBr in a 12.0 L reaction
vessel, calculate the concentrations of H
2
, Br
2
and HBr at equilibrium.
CHEF124 T3 2013/2014 Tutorial Topic 4(Chemical Equilibrium)

12. Consider the following equilibrium systems:
2BrNO(g) 2NO(g) + Br
2
(g)
Predict whether the reaction will shift left, right or remain unchanged upon each disturbance.
(a) NO is added to the reaction.
(b) BrNO is added to the mixture
(c) Br
2
is removed from the reaction mixture.
13. Consider the gas-phase reaction 2CO (g)+ O
2
(g) 2CO
2
(g). Predict the shift in the equilibrium
position when helium gas is added to the equilibrium mixture (a) at constant pressure and (b) at constant
volume.