Can someone please help me with Equilibrium?

When H2O and CO react at 979°C, the products are CO2 and H2. The equilibrium constant (in terms of equilibrium concentrations of reactants and products) for the reaction below is 0.66 at 979°C.
If the following concentrations are measured after the reaction reaches equilibrium, what is the concentration of CO(g) in the equilibrated mixture? answer will be in M
Component: Measured Equilibrium Concentration
H_2 0 (g) 0.750 M
CO_2 (g) 0.134 M
H_2 (g) 3.33 M

1 Answer

[CO]=0.90 M

Explanation:

  1. Write a chemical equation that is balanced
    H2O+COCO2+H2
    Turns out it is already balanced.

  2. Keq=[CO2]1[H2]1[H2O]1[CO]1

Each one of these will have a exponent of 1, which derived straight from the balanced chemical equation.

If the balanced chemical equation had a 2 or 3 as a coefficient then that would have to be reflected in the Keq equation as an exponent, not a coefficient.

0.66=[0.134 M][3.33 M][0.750 M][x.M]

x=0.90 M