Nickel and carbon monoxide react to form nickel carbonyl, like this: (s)(g)(g) At a certain temperature, a chemist finds that a reaction vessel containing a mixture of nickel, carbon monoxide, and nickel carbonyl at equilibrium has the following composition: compound amount

Calculate the value of the equilibrium constant

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Nickel and carbon monoxide react to form nickel carbonyl, like this:

At a certain temperature, a chemist finds that a 2.6 L reaction vessel containing a mixture of nickel, carbon monoxide, and nickel carbonyl at equilibrium has the following composition:

Compound            Amount

     Ni                        12.7 g

   CO                        1.98 g

                 0.597 g

Calculate the value of the equilibrium constant.

The value of equilibrium constant for the reaction is 2448.1

Explanation:

We are given:

Mass of nickel = 12.7 g

Mass of CO = 1.98 g

Mass of = 0.597 g

Volume of container = 2.6 L

To calculate the number of moles for given molarity, we use the equation:

For the given chemical reaction:

The expression of equilibrium constant for the reaction:

Concentrations of pure solids and pure liquids are taken as 1 in equilibrium constant expression.

Putting values in above expression, we get:

Hence, the value of equilibrium constant for the reaction is 2448.1