A researcher studies an industrial process by placing 0.030 mol sulfuryl chloride, a powerful chemical oxidizer, in a 100-L reactor together with 2.0 mol SO₂ and 1.0 mol Cl₂ at 173 °C. At this temperature, K_p is 3.0 for

Write the iCe table and derive a polynomial algebraic expression needed to calculate the equilibrium concentrations of all species.

Strategy

Write the chemical equation and iCe table, expressing concentrations in units of moles per liter. We will calculate Q and compare with K_c, which we will compute from K_p to determine the direction of reaction, which often simplifies writing the iCe table. We will use algebra to develop the polynomial equation.

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SOCl2(g) SO(g) + Cl(g)