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In the vapour phase sulphur trioxide dissociates:

2SO3(g) 2SO2(g) + O2(g)

(a) (i) Write an expression for Kp for this dissociation.

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(ii) At a particular temperature, 75% of the sulphur trioxide is dissociated, producing a

pressure of 10 atm. Calculate the value of Kp at this temperature paying, attention
to its units.

(5)

(b) Solid vanadium(V) oxide, V2O5, is an effective catalyst for this reaction. State the effect
of using double the mass of catalyst on:

(i) the position of the equilibrium;

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(ii) the value of Kp.

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(Total 8 marks)

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2. (a) When silver carbonate is heated, it decomposes into silver oxide and carbon dioxide.
Ag2CO3(s) Ag2O(s) + CO2(g)
At 227 °C, the value of the equilibrium constant, Kp, is 1.48 atm.
(i) Write the expression for the equilibrium constant, Kp.

(1)

(ii) What is the pressure of carbon dioxide gas when silver carbonate is heated to a
temperature of 227 °C in a closed vessel?

(1)
(b) When nitrosyl chloride, NOCl, is heated, it dissociates reversibly into nitric oxide, NO,
and chlorine, Cl2, according to the equation
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2NOCl(g) 2NO(g) + Cl2(g) ∆H = +75.6 kJ mol

(i) Write the expression for the equilibrium constant, Kp, for this reaction.

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(ii) 1.00 mol of nitrosyl chloride was placed in a sealed container and heated to 500 °C.
Equilibrium was reached when 22.0% of the nitrosyl chloride had dissociated. The
pressure in the vessel was 5.00 atm.

Calculate the value of Kp at this temperature, stating its units.

(5)
(iii) State the effect of an increase in temperature on the value of the equilibrium
constant, Kp. Justify your answer.

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(iv) Hence suggest in which direction the position of equilibrium moves when the
temperature is increased. Justify your answer.

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(Total 12 marks)

3. What is Kc for the following reaction, whose Kp = 8.2 x 102 at 500 K?

SOBr2 (g) ⇌ SO (g) + Br2 (g)
a. 20
b. 0.050
c. 3.4 x 104
d. 8.2 x 102
e. impossible to determine.

4. At a particular temperature, the pNe in the following reaction is 2.9 x 102 atm at equilibrium, and the
moles of IF3, I2 and NeF2 are equal. What is Kp?
2 IF3 (s) + 3 Ne (g) ⇌ I2 (s) + 3 NeF2 (s)
a. 2.4 x 107
b. 4.1 x 10-8
c. 3.4 x 10-3
d. 2.9 x 102
e. cannot be determined without the temperature

5. 2SO2 (g) + O2 (g) ⇌ 2SO3 (g)

1.000 atm of SO2 and 1.000 atm of O2 were placed in a container, and the reaction allowed to reach
equilibrium. At equilibrium, pO2 = 0.612 atm. What is Kp?
a. 19.6
b. 4.39
c. 9.80
d. 11.4
e. impossible to determine

6. Consider the reaction 2 KClO3 (s) ⇌ KCl (s) + 3 O2 (g) at 500 K.

At equilibrium, pO2 = 0.20 atm. What is Kc?
a. 8.0 x 10-3
b. 550
c. 1.2 x 10-7
d. 125
e. impossible to determine.

7. 2CO2 (g) ⇌ 2CO (g) + O2 (g)

2.000 atm of CO2 are added to a vessel and heated to 100 K. At equilibrium, the p CO was found to be
double the pO2. What is the Kc for this reaction at 500K?
a. 2.00
b. 5.3 x 10-2
c. 2.1 x 103
d. 6.8 x 10-4
e. impossible to determine