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5. Now let’s say you would like to generate ozone in a container of oxygen gas at constant temperature and volume.
A) At equilibrium, what is the relation between the chemical potentials of ozone and oxygen?
B) Is the relevant equilibrium constant given by the usual ln Keq = ??G°/RT or instead by ln Keq = ??A°/RT? Here, ?A° is the change in Helmholtz free energy per mole of reaction. Justify your answer, either mathematically or conceptually. [Hint: The answer is not as trivial as it may seem. Think carefully about how the equilibrium constant was derived for reactions at constant temperature and pressure.]