CM1502 Practice questions

(Chemical equilibrium)

Q1. Use LeChateliers principle to predict the sense of the shift in equilibrium for the 2NO
2
N
2
O
4
system when it is cooled to -75C and use the vant Hoff equation to confirm your prediction with a
quantitative calculation of K at -75C, given H = -57.2kJ/mol and K=6.97 at 25 C.
Q2. The system 2NO
2
N
2
O
4
is brought to equilibrium at a total pressure of 1.00 atm at 25C. K=6.97
at 25 C. What are the partial pressures of NO
2
and N
2
O
4
at equilibrium?
Q3. Assuming the rapid attainment of equilibrium, which of the following conditions would be most
favourable for the production of ethanol from the reaction of ethylene with steam?
CH
2
=CH
2(g)
+ H
2
O
(g)
CH
3
CH
2
OH
(g)

a. P=5 atm, T=600K
b. P=50 atm, T=400K
c. P=50 atm, T=600K
d. P=5 atm, T=400K

Q4. For the synthesis of ammonia at 500C, the equilibrium constant is 6.0 X 10
-2
Predict the direction in
which the system will shift to reach equilibrium in each of the following cases.
a. [NH
3
]
0
= 1.0 X 10
-3
M; [N
2
]
0
= 1.0X10
-5
M; [H
2
]
0
= 2.0X10
-3
M
b. [NH
3
]
0
= 2.0 X 10
-4
M; [N
2
]
0
= 1.5X10
-5
M; [H
2
]
0
= 3.54X10
-1
M
c. [NH
3
]
0
= 1.0 X 10
-4
M; [N
2
]
0
= 5.0 M; [H
2
]
0
= 1.0X10
-2
M


Q5. Assume that the reaction for the formation of gaseous hydrogen fluoride from hydrogen and
fluorine has an equilibrium constant of 1.15 X 10
2
at a certain temperature. In a particular experiment at
this temperature 3.0000 moles of each component was added to a 1.500-liter flask. Calculate the
equilibrium concentration of all species.
H
2(g)
+ F
2(g)
2HF
(g)

Q6. At 327C, the equilibrium concentrations are [CH
3
OH]=0.15 M, [CO]=0.24 M and [H
2
] = 1.1 M for the
reaction CH
3
OH
(g)
CO
(g)
+ 2H
2(g)
. Calculate K
p
at this temperature.