a moles of PCL5 are heated in a closed container to equilibrate PCL5-- PCL3 +CL2 at a pressure of P - Chemistry - Chemical and Ionic Equilibrium

Question

a moles of PCL5 are heated in a closed container to equilibrate
PCL5-->PCL3 +CL2 at a pressure of P atm If x moles dissociate
then x/a equals to

Yasodharan · Accepted Answer

Dear Student,

The computation is expressed below,

PCl5⇌ PCl3+Cl2moles dissociation is,PCl5=(x-α)px+αPCl3 =αpx+αCl2=αpx+αKp=PPCl3×PCl2PPCl5=αpx+α×αpx+α(x-α)px+αKp=α2p(x+α)(x-α)=⇒(x2-α2)=α2pKpx2α2=pKp⇒xα=pKp

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a moles of PCL5 are heated in a closed container to equilibrate PCL5-->PCL3 +CL2 at a pressure of P atm. If x moles dissociate then x/a equals to