Chapter 15, Problem 15.72SP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The concentration of ClO in an equilibrium mixture in which concentration of Cl₂O₂ is $4.96\times {10}^{11}$ at 253 K should be calculated.

Concept introduction:

The equilibrium constant, $K_c$ is the ratio between product of the equilibrium concentrations of the products and the product of equilibrium concentrations of all reactants. All the concentrations are raised to the power of its coefficient in the balanced equation. Equilibrium constant for a particular reaction is always same at a particular temperature.

Equilibrium constant expression is represented as follows:

$\begin{array}{l}\text{aA + bB }\rightleftharpoons \text{ cC + dD}\\ K_c=\frac{{\left[C\right]}^c{\left[D\right]}^d}{{\left[A\right]}^a{\left[B\right]}^b}\end{array}$