TERMODINAMICA II

Curso Básico del 5º Semestre en la Licenciatura en Ingeniería Química “Plan Nuevo” BEH - 120

HOMEWORK 11 - “Chemical React ion Equilibrium - 1”

DUE DATE: Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Assigned Reading: SVNA 8th ed.: § 14.1 – 14.3

Problems to solve:

SVNA 8th ed.: 14.2, 14.4, 14.9, 14.41 (SVNA7: 13.2, 13.4, 13.9, 13.41)

QUESTIONS TO PONDER:

1. Describe whether the reaction progress variable , also known as the extent of reaction, is an intensive or
extensive variable of the equilibrium system. Can it have a negative value?

2. True or False: Chemical reactions performed industrially are not always carried out to equilibrium (i.e.,
the chemical species exiting a flow reactor, or being removed from a batch reactor, have not reached
chemical equilibrium).

3. True or False: When writing a stoichiometrically balanced chemical reaction equation, it is important that
the equation be written always with the feed species being on the LEFT side of the equation.

4. The reaction progress variable is in general a function of which of the following: T, P, initial mole
amounts of a mixture, the stoichiometric coefficient values used to balance the reactant/product species in
the reaction equation.

5. True or False: Chemical reaction equilibrium equations only apply to closed systems.

Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí Facultad de Ciencias Químicas