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partial pressures with equilibrium
« on: February 05, 2009, 05:50:56 PM »
The partial pressures in an equilibrium mixture of NO, Cl2 and NOCl at 500K are as follows:
0.240atm for NO
0.608atm for Cl2
1.35atm for NOCl

I need to write the kp at 500K.

But how am I to do this without knowing the concentrations or the kc?

Kp=[PA]a[PB]b/[PC]c
or
Kp=kc(RT)change in n

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Re: partial pressures with equilibrium
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2009, 07:53:52 PM »
Use partial pressure as the 'p' suggests.

Check this out: http://www.chemguide.co.uk/physical/equilibria/kp.html
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Re: partial pressures with equilibrium
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2009, 03:17:43 PM »
Quote
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/physical/equilibria/kp.html
Kp has exactly the same format as Kc, except that partial pressures are used instead of concentrations.
I thought you had to have BOTH the partial pressures and the concentrations for Kp.

Thanks, that site was very helpful!

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Re: partial pressures with equilibrium
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2009, 04:00:50 PM »
Nope, you only need partial pressures for Kp
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Re: partial pressures with equilibrium
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2009, 06:16:13 PM »
Yep one of the nicer things about gases.  Partial pressures and their mole fractions are interchangeable. ;)
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