Chemical Equilibrium
Learning outcomes - after studying this topic, you should be able to:
- write down the expression for K for any reaction of known stoichiometry
- predict reactants or products dominate the equilibrium state from the value of K
- predict the direction of the spontaneous direction of a reaction based on the relative values of Q and K
- explain the relationship between K and ΔG0
- determine the relationship between Kp and Kc for gas phase equilibria
- write equilibria expression for equilibria involving pure liquids and solids
- perform calculations to determine equilibrium concentrations from initial concentrations and the value of K
- predict qualitatively the effects of changes in concentration, temperature and pressure on an equilibrium based on Le Chatelier's principle
- calculate the effect of a change in temperature on K based on its ΔH0
- explain how a catalyst speeds up the establishment of equilibrium
- understand the basis of heterogeneous equilibrium
- explain the experimental conditions of pressure, temperature and metal catalysed used in the industrial production of NH3
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