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Determining direction of equilibrium for metal complex
Determine if $K$ is greater or less than $1$.
At first I thought the equilibrium would favor the right side because this could have to do with ligand binding where the negative charge would probably ...
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Hydrogen disulfide heterogenous equilibrium
Hydrogen sulfide can be removed from natural gas by the reaction
$$\ce{2 H2S(g) + SO2(g) -> 3 S(s) + 2 H2O(g)}$$
a) Calculate $ΔG^\circ$ and $K$ for this reaction at $\pu{298 K}.$
b) What is the ...
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Why do diplumbenes (Pb=Pb double bonded compounds) break apart in hydrocarbon solution?
In group 14, the double bond becomes increasingly weaker down the group. Our lecturer told us that many distannenes ($\ce{>Sn=Sn<}$) and almost all diplumbenes ($\ce{>Pb=Pb<}$) dissociate ...
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Is there a name, or any specific jargon for a precipitation equilibrium involving a solid reactant?
Let's say you have some ions in solution, for example Na+(aq) and OH-(aq), and some partially dissolved solid, MgCO3(s), Mg+2(aq) and CO3-2(aq), which precipitates Mg(OH)2(s) until equilibrium.
So ...
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Will NaF + CaCO3 precipitate much CaF2?
If I mix sodium fluoride, calcium carbonate powder, and water, under what conditions (if any) would there be an equilibrium?
I.e. assume we start out with fully dissociated $\ce{Na+(aq) + F-(aq)}$, ...
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Finding the concentration of each ion in saturated solution of lead(II) hydroxide
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If the solubility of $\ce{Pb(OH)2}$ is $\pu{0.155 g/L},$ then the concentration of each ion in a saturated solution of $\ce{Pb(OH)2}$ is
A. $[\ce{Pb^2+}] = \pu{0.155 g/L}$ and $[\ce{OH-}] = \...
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Calculating pH of rain water
The concentration of $\ce{SO2}$ in the atmosphere over a city on a certain day is $\pu{10 ppm}$. Given that solubility of $\ce{SO2}$ in water is $\pu{1.3653 mol L-1}$ and $\mathrm{p}K_\mathrm{a}$ of $\...
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Calculating equilibrium concentrations of silver and halide ions
$\pu{500 ml}$ of $\pu{0.01 M}$ $\ce{AgNO3}$ is mixed with $\pu{500 ml}$ of solution containing $\pu{0.1 M}$ $\ce{NaCl}$ and $\pu{0.1 M}$ $\ce{NaBr}$. $K_\mathrm{sp}$ of $\ce{AgCl}$ is $10^{-10}$ and $...
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Ligand substitution reaction in coordination compounds
I know that the following substitution reaction can take place:
$$\ce{[Cu(H2O)4]^2+ (aq) + 4NH3 (aq) -> [Cu(NH3)4]^2+ (aq) + 4H2O (l)}$$
This is because ammonia is a stronger ligand than water.
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Increasing temperature in system of dynamic equilibrium
According to the article Summary of Le Chatelier's Principle on dynamicscience.com.au, for the process
$$\ce{N2(g) + 3 H2(g) <=> 2 NH3(g)}\quad ΔH = \pu{-92 kJ/mol}$$
the forward reaction is ...
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Calculating partial pressure of carbon monoxide
$\ce{ZnO}$ is exposed to pure $\ce{CO}$ at $\pu{1300 K}$ and the equilibrium
$$\ce{ZnO(s) + CO(g) <=> Zn(g) + CO2(g)}$$
is then established at $\pu{1 atm}$ pressure. The density of the gas ...
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How can batteries reach equilibrium if the reactions are irreversible?
My book says that the batteries we have considered so far (Daniell cells) have a low life span because they reach equilibrium too quickly.
In the next paragraph, it states they are also made by ...
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Finding ionic radii from solubility data and density
$\pu{5.35 g}$ of a salt $\ce{ACl}$ is dissolved in $\pu{250 ml}$ of solution. The $\mathrm{pH}$ of the resultant solution was found to be $4.85.$ Find the ionic radius of $\ce{A+}$ and $\ce{Cl-}$ if ...
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Calculating thermodynamic quantities for hydrogenation of iron nitride
HW#6.3 If the reaction
$$\ce{Fe2N(s) + 3/2 H2(g) <=> 2 Fe(s) + NH3(g)}$$
comes to an equilibrium at a total pressure of $\pu{1 bar},$ analysis of the gas shows that at $\pu{700 K}$ and $\pu{800 ...
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How can I calculate the equilibrium constant for this reaction?
Silver(II) oxide partially decomposes into solid silver and oxygen gas according to:
$$\ce{2 AgO(s) <=> 4 Ag(s) + O2(g)}$$
with enthalpy $H^\circ = \pu{62.0 kJ}$ and entropy $S^\circ = \pu{133.6 ...
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