Tutorial 1 (Question) PDF
Tutorial 1 (Question) PDF
UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA
SEMESTER 2, SESSION 2020/2021
FAD 1007, CHEMISTRY 3
TUTORIAL 1
(b) Consider the following chemical equation and equilibrium constant at 25 °C.
N2(g) + 3H2(g) ⇌ 2NH3(g) Kc = 3.7 × 108 mol-2 L2
Determine the Kc value for
(i) 2NH3(g) ⇌ N2(g) + 3H2(g)
1 2
(ii) 3N2(g) + H2(g) ⇌ 3NH3(g)
1 3
(iii) NH3(g) ⇌ 2N2(g) + 2H2(g)
2. (a) Carbon dioxide reacts with carbon to give carbon monoxide according to the
equation below.
C(g) + CO2(g) ⇌ 2CO(g)
At 700 °C, a 2.5 L flask is found to contain 0.10 mol of CO, 0.25 mol of CO 2 and
0.40 mol of C. What is the equilibrium constant, Kc for this reaction at 700 °C?
(b) An equilibrium mixture of 0.2 mol of H2 gas and 0.4 mol of I2 gas was found in a
2.0 L of container at T °C as shown in the following reaction. Given the equilibrium
constant for this reaction is 1.5 × 10-6.
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3. (a) Consider the following reaction at equilibrium.
S2Cl4(g) ⇌ 2SCl2(g)
An amount of 3.0 moles of S2Cl4 are introduced into a 1.5 L vessel. At equilibrium,
0.5 moles of S2Cl4 remain in the vessel. Calculate the Kc for this reaction.
(b) An amount of 5.0 mol of PCl5 is heated to T °C in a 2.5 dm3 vessel as shown in the
reaction below:
PCl5(g) ⇌ PCl3(g) + Cl2(g)
At T °C, Kc for the reaction is 0.02 mol dm-3.
(i) Calculate the equilibrium concentrations of PCl5, PCl3 and Cl2.
(ii) Find the degree of dissociation, α of PCl5.
4. A mixture of 4.0 moles of NO2, 2.0 moles of NO and 1.5 moles of O2 is placed in a 2.0
dm3 vessel at 300 °C as shown in the equation below. Given that the equilibrium constant,
Kc for this reaction is 0.168 mol dm-3.
2NO2(g) ⇌ 2NO(g) + O2(g) ∆H = -120 kJ
Find the reaction quotient, Qc and predict the direction of this reaction.
5. An amount of 20.0 g of chlorine were heated with 1.0 g of hydrogen until equilibrium was
established at 470 °C. At equilibrium, it was found that 14.0 g of chlorine remain. The
reaction is shown in the equation below:
H2(g) + Cl2(g) ⇌ 2HCl(g)
Calculate the equilibrium constant, Kc and predict equilibrium position for this reaction.
(Relative atomic mass of H = 1.0, Cl = 35.5)