Question

"Synthesis gas" is a mixture of carbon monoxide and water vapor. At high temperature synthesis gas will form carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and in fact this reaction is one of the ways hydrogen is made industrially. A chemical engineer studying this reaction fills a tank with of carbon monoxide gas and of water vapor. When the mixture has come to equilibrium he determines that it contains of carbon monoxide gas, of water vapor and of carbon dioxide. The engineer then adds another of carbon monoxide, and allows the mixture to come to equilibrium again. Calculate the moles of after equilibrium is reached the second time. Round your answer to significant digits.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Step-by-step explanation:

Lets start by drawing the ICE chart

reaction is

...............CO + H2O ========= CO2 + H2

I.............2.6.........3.4..........................0................0

E...........1.88........2.68......................0.72............0.72

since reaction is 1 : 1 if 0.72 atm of H2 are produced then the same amount of CO2 will be formed

calculate Kp this is the relationship between the pressure of products and the pressure of reactants

Kp = Pproducts / Preactants = [Pco2* PH2] / [PCO * PH2O]

Kp = 0.72 * 0.72 / (1.88 * 2.68) = 0.1029

Write the ICE chart again

...............CO + H2O ========= CO2 + H2

I.............1.88.........2.68+1.1.................0.72................0.72

C...........-x............. -x..............................+x........................+x

E......1.88 - x...........3.78-x.....................0.72+x..... ..0.72+x

Kp is = (0.72+x)*(0.72+x) /[ (1.88-x)*(3.78-x) ] = 0.1029

lets say that x is the change of pressure.

If you solve this equation you will get a value of x equal to 0.1

Pressure of CO2 is

0.72 + 0.1= 0.82 atm

using 2 sig figures this would be

8.2x10-1 atm