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Ch 14 - Chemical Equilibrium Flashcards

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Equilibrium Constant

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how far a chemical reaction goes based on an experimentally measurable quantity

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What does a large equilibrium constant mean?

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Nearly all reactants proceed to products

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A reaction with can

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reach an equilibrium

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K

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an equilibrium constant

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Larger K value =

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more reaction proceeds towards the products

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Hb + O2 HbO2

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  • hemoglobin attached to blood and oxygen are an equilibrium process
    - in the lungs O2 is high so reaction shifts right creating more HbO2 blood
    - stores it with blood and move it to muscles
    - in the muscles the oxygen is low and the Hb releases O2 to restore equilibrium
    - hemoglobin binds oxygen when the surrounding concentration is high, but releases oxygen when the surrounding oxygen concentration is low
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How does a fetus get O2 in the womb?

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maternal and fetal circulation never mix but the fetal K is different allowing oxygen to be “handed off” from the mother circulation at very close proximity

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Reversible

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a reaction that can proceed in both the forward and reverse direction

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Dynamic equilibrium

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for a chemical reaction this is the condition in which the rate of the forward reaction equals the rate of the reverse reaction

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Why in dynamic equilibrium products and reactants continue to

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occur simultaneously but at the same rate

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What is not true with dynamic equilibrium?

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the products and reactants ARE NOT the same amount necessarily

Same rate NOT amount

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As the amount of reactants goes down the amount of products goes up leading to

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a slower rate of reactants(assuming non zero order rxn)

  • the pool of reactants gets smaller
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the rate of a reaction is direction proportional to the pool of reactants so as the pool decreases the rate goes down and likewise as…..

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the amount of products increases the rate increases

  • eventually the slow down of the rate of reactants and the speed up of the rate of products reaches an equilibrium
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What is the equilibrium constant used for?

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a way to quantify the concentrations of the reactants and products at equilibrium

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Equilibrium Constant(K)

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the ratio at equilibrium of the concentrations of the products raised to their stoichiometric coefficients divided by the concentrations of the reactants raised to their stoichiometric coefficients

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Law of mass action

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  • K = ([C]^c[D]^d)/([A]^a[B]^b)

- products/reactants raised to their coefficients

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K &laquo_space;1(equilibrium to the left)

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  • reverse reaction is favored
    - forward reaction does not proceed very far
    - more reactants than products
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K = 1(equilibrium in the middle)

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  • neither direction is favored

- forward reaction proceeds about halfway

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K&raquo_space; 1 (equilibrium to the right)

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  • forward reaction is favored
    - forward reaction proceeds essentially to completion
    - more products than reactants
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reverse the equation, invert the equilibrium constant

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  • A + 2B 3C
    - Kforward = [C]^3/([A][B]^2)
    - 3C A + 2B
    - Kreverse = ([A][B]^2)/[C]^3
    - Kreverse = 1/Kforward
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if you multiply the coefficients in the equation by a factor, raise the equilibrium constant to the same factor

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  • A + 2B 3C
    - K = [C]^3/([A][B]^2)
    - nA + 2n B 3n C
    - K’ = [C]^3n/([A]^n[B]^2n)
    = ([C]^3/([A][B]^2))^n
    = K^n
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If you add two or more individual chemical equation to obtain an overall equation, multiply the corresponding equilibrium constants by each other to obtain the overall equilibrium constant

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  • A2B
    - K1 = [B]^2/[A]
    - 2B 3C
    - K2 = [C]^3/[B]^2
    - sum: A3C
    - Koverall = [C]^3/[A]
    - Koverall = (K1)(K2)
    - ([B]^2/[A])([C]^3/[B]^2)
    = [C]^3/[A]
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23
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For gaseous reactions the partial pressure of a particular gas is….

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proportional to its concentration.

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Can the equilibrium constant be expressed in terms of the partial pressures of the reactants and products?

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Yes

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Kc = ([SO2]^2[O2]/[SO3]^2)

find Kp

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Kp = ((Pso2)^2(Po2))/(Pso3^2)

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Kp =

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the equilibrium constant with respect to partial pressures

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What is the difference with Kp compared to Kc?

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Kp takes the form of the expression for Kc except it uses partial pressure for each gas in place of concentration

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Kp = Kc(RT)^delta(n)

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  • R = .08206 (Latm/molK)
    - T = temp kelvin
    - delta n = change in moles of the reaction
    - Product stoichiometric coefficient – reactant stoichiometric coefficient
    - Kp = equilibrium constant with respect to partial pressure
    - Kc = equilibrium constant with respect to concentration
29
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as long as concentration units are expressed in molarity for Kc and atm for Kp you do not need to

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write their corresponding units

- 1.5 M or 1.5 atm becomes 1.5

30
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solids are not included in the equilibrium expression because their constant value is incorporated into the value of K

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  • the concentration of a solid DOES NOT change
  • 2Co(g) CO2(g) + c(s)
    - Kc = [CO2]/[CO]^2
    • similarly pure liquids are omitted from the expression
31
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the most direct way to obtain an experimental value for the equilibrium constant of a reaction is to measure the

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concentrations of the reactants and products in a reaction mixture at equilibrium

32
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H2(g) + I2(g) 2HI(g)

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  • Kc = [HI]^2/([H2][I2])
    - Kc = .78^2/(.11)(.11)
    = 5.0 * 10^1
    - always in M though not written(unitless)
33
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ICE Table

A(g) 2B(g)

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[A] [B]

  • Initial 1.00 0.00
  • Change -0.25 +0.50
  • Equilibrium 0.75 0.50

K = [B]^2/[A] = .5^2/.75 = .33

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reaction quotient(Qc)

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the ratio – at any point in the reaction – of the concentrations of the products raised to their stoichiometric coefficients divided by the concentrations of reactants raised to their stoichiometric coefficients

35
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When K and when Q?

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  • K at equilibrium

- Q not at equilibrium

36
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the value of Q relative to K is a measure of the progress of the reaction toward equilibrium

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  • at equilibrium Q = K
37
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Q < K

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reaction goes to the right(towards products)

38
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Q > K

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reaction goes to the left(towards reactants)

39
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Q = K

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reaction is at equilibrium

40
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ICE table with x

A(g) 2B(g) and K = 0.33

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[A] [B]
Initial 1.0 0.0
Change -x +2x
Equil 1.0 – x 2x

  • K = [B]^2/[A] = 2x^2/(1.0-x) = .33
    = 4x^2/(1.0-x) = 0.33
41
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Le Chatelier’s Principle

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when a chemical system at equilibrium is disturbed, the system shifts in a direction that minimizes the disturbance
- a system at equilibrium tends to maintain equilibrium and bounces back when disturbed

42
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What does a system do with disturbances?

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when a system is disturbed the system reacts to counter the disturbance

43
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3 main types of system disturbances

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  • change in concentration of a product or reactant
  • change in volume or pressure
  • change in temperature
44
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Change in concentration of product or reactant:

N2O4(g) 2NO2(g)

Add NO2

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if NO2 is added the reaction will shift left(proceeds in the reverse direction) consuming some No2 and creating more N2O4 to bring the NO2 concentration down until a new equilibrium is reached

		- Before adding NO2: Q = K
		- Immediately after addition of NO2: Q > K
		- Reaction shifts left to reestablish equilibrium
45
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Change in concentration of product or reactant:

N2O4(g) 2NO2(g)

Add N2O4

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if N2O4 is added the reaction will shift right to reestablish equilibrium

		- before adding N2O4: Q = K
		- Immediately after addition of N2O4: Q < K
		- Reaction shifts to right to reestablish equilibrium
46
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Change in concentration of product or reactant:

increasing the concentration of one or more of the reactants(makes Q<K) causes

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the reaction to shift to the right(in the direction of the products)

47
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Change in concentration of product or reactant:

increasing the concentration of one of more of the products(makes Q>K) causes

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the reaction to shift to the left(in the direction of the reactants)

48
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Change in concentration of product or reactant:

decreasing the concentration of one or more of the reactants(makes Q > K) causes

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the reaction to shift to the left(in the direction of the reactants)

49
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Change in concentration of product or reactant:

decreasing the concentration of one or more of the products(makes Q<K) causes

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the reaction to shift to the right(direction of the products)

50
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The effect of a volume(or pressure) change on equilibrium

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  • a decrease in volume causes an increase in pressure

- an increase in volume causes a decrease in pressure

51
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The effect of a volume(or pressure) change on equilibrium:

N2(g) + 3H2(g) 2NH3(g)

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PV=nRT where lower mols of gas(n) = lower pressure(P)

		- 4 mols on left and 2 mols on right
			- higher pressure will shift the system to the right to minimize the equilibrium disturbance
		- If the volume is increased then the equilibrium will more left converting 2mols back to 4 mols
		- what happens if an inert gas is added to increase the pressure?
			- NOTHING!  The overall pressure increased but the partial pressures of the reactants and products did not change so equilibrium is not disturbed
52
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The effect of a volume(or pressure) change on equilibrium:

decreasing the volume causes

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the reaction to shift in the direction that has the fewer moles of gas particles

53
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The effect of a volume(or pressure) change on equilibrium:

increasing the volume causes

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the reaction to shift in the direction that has the greater number of moles of gas particles

54
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The effect of a volume(or pressure) change on equilibrium:

if a reaction has an equal number of moles of gas on both sides of the chemical equation then

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a change in volume produces no effect on the equilibrium

55
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The effect of a volume(or pressure) change on equilibrium:

adding an inert gas to the mixture at a fixed volume has

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no effect on the equilibrium

56
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Exothermic Reaction

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A + B C + D + heat

57
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Endothermic Reaction

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A + B + heat C + D

58
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The Effect of a Temperature Change on Equilibrium:

at constant pressure(exothermic reaction) raising the temperature

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of an exothermic reaction(adding heat) is similar to adding more product, causing the reaction to shift left(absorbing heat and producing more reactants)
- unlike adding more product the change in temperature will change the value of the equilibrium constant(add heat = smaller K)

59
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The Effect of a Temperature Change on Equilibrium:

(exothermic reaction)at constant pressure, lowering the temperature causes

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the reaction to shift to the right, releasing heat and producing more products

60
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The Effect of a Temperature Change on Equilibrium:

endothermic reaction)at a constant pressure, raising the temperature(adding heat

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causes the reaction to shift right to absorb the added heat

61
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The Effect of a Temperature Change on Equilibrium:

endothermic reaction) at a constant pressure, lowing the temperature(removing heat

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causes the reaction to shift left, form less products, and lowering the value of K

62
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The Effect of a Temperature Change on Equilibrium:

in an exothermic chemical reaction

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heat is a product

A + B C + D + heat

63
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The Effect of a Temperature Change on Equilibrium:

In an endothermic chemical reaction

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heat is a reactant

A + B + heat C + D

64
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The Effect of a Temperature Change on Equilibrium:

increasing the temperature causes an exothermic reaction to

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shift left(towards reactants); the value of the equilibrium constant decreases

65
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The Effect of a Temperature Change on Equilibrium:

decreasing the temperature causes an exothermic reaction to

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shift right(towards products); the value of the equilibrium constant increases

66
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The Effect of a Temperature Change on Equilibrium:

increasing the temperature causes an endothermic reaction to

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shift right(towards products); the equilibrium constant increases

67
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The Effect of a Temperature Change on Equilibrium:

decreasing the temperature causes an endothermic reaction to

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shift left(towards reactants); the equilibrium constant decreases

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