Question #82dc7

1 Answer
Feb 27, 2017

Here's what I got.

Explanation:

The equilibrium reaction given to you looks like this

color(blue)(2)"NH"_ (3(g)) rightleftharpoons "N"_ (2(g)) + color(red)(3)"H"_ (2(g))

Now, the equilibrium constant for this reaction can be expressed using equilibrium concentrations, in which case you have K_c, or equilibrium partial pressures, in which case you have K_p.

For K_c, you have the ratio between the equilibrium concentrations of the two products raised to the power of their respective stoichiometric coefficients and the equilibrium concentration of the reactant raised to the power of its stoichiometric coefficient.

In your case, you have

K_c = (["N"_ 2] * ["H"_2]^color(red)(3))/(["NH"_3]^color(blue)(2))

For K_p, you have the ratio between the equilibrium partial pressures of the two products raised to the power of their respective stoichiometric coefficients and the equilibrium partial pressure of the reactant raised to the power of its stoichiometric coefficient.

In your case, you have

K_p = (("N"_2) * ("H"_2)^color(red)(3))/(("NH"_3)^color(blue)(2))

Notice that concentration is expressed using brackets and partial pressure is expressed using parentheses.