The Equilibrium Law (17.

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1. Calculation of the value for the equilibrium constant, given equilibrium
concentrations for the reaction mixture components

2. Calculating the equilibrium constants value given the initial

concentration of some components (and perhaps some of the
equilibrium concentrations). The difference in this calculation to the
previous one is that you have to first determine the equilibrium

concentrations of all components are before substituting the values into

the expression for Kc.

3. In this example we are trying to find the equilibrium concentration of one

of the components of the equilibrium mixture, given the value for Kc. In

this case note that the concentrations given are equilibrium

concentrations and thus can be substituted directly into the expression
for Kc.

4. In the following example we are again trying to determine the equilibrium

concentration of one component, but the difference is that you are given
the intial concentrations of the reactants and products and so it is
necessary to determine the equilibrium concentrations first and then
substitute into the expression for Kc.

5. This problem is very similar in nature to problem with the added difference
that the value of Kc is very small. This means that the equlibrium heavily
favours the reactants. The assumption that we can make here is that
[reactant]initial = [reactant]equilibrium , since very little of the reactant forms

product, the initial concentration changes little on reaching equilibrium,

allowing for a simpler solution to the problem.