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Consider the placing 3.00 g of solid naphthalene in a 5.00 L container at 298 K. After some time equilibrium is established between solid and gaseous naphthalene (KC = 4.29 x 10‐6 )
What is the pressure of gaseous naphthalene at equilibrium?
moles of naphtalene = 3.00 / 128.17 = 0.0234
P V = n R T
P x 5 = 0.0234 x 0.0821 x 298
P = 0.1145 atm
C10H8 (s) <-------------> C10H8 (g)
0.1145 0
0.1145 - x x
Kp = Kc
Kp = x / 0.1145 - x
4.29 x 10^-6 = x / 0.1145 - x
x = 4.913 x 10^-7
pressure of gaseous naphthalene at equilibrium = 4.91 x 10^-7 atm