Question

Which one of the following will change the value of anequilibrium constant?

Answer 1

Answer:

d. changing temperature

Explanation:

The thermodynamic equilibrium constant K is defined as a quantity characterizing the equilibrium of a chemical reaction. For a reaction where concentrations are in equilibrium:

aA + bB ⇄ cC + dD

The equilibrium constant is:

$k = \frac{[C]^c[D]^d}{[A]^a[B]^b}$

Thus, the equilibrium constant will change if:

a. Varying the initial concentration of reactants . FALSE. The k constant doesn't depend of initial concentrations but concentration in equilibrium does.

b. Adding other substances that do not react with any of thespecies involved in the equilibrium . FALSE. The equilibrium constant just depends of substances that are involved in the equilibrium

c. Varying the initial concentration of products . FALSE. Again, equilibrium constant doesn't depend of initial concentrations.

d. Changing temperature . TRUE. As a thermodynamic constant, k depends of temperature thus:

$K = e^(-dG/RT)$

e. Changing the volume of the reaction vessel. FALSE. The changing in the volume of the reaction vessel will change just the initial concentrations of the reactants.

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