In: Chemistry
It is known that at 300K the value of Kp for a certain
reaction is 10^(12). For the reaction △H is 100kJ/mole.
a.Determine if this reaction is favorable at 800K and estimate
Kp(800K). explain
b. The actual value of Kp (800) is 35. Explain any discrepancy from
your estimate.
(a) It is given that the reaction is feasible at 300K. That is
according to the Van't Hoff equation
, at 300K
so that
. With increasing T the
becomes much more negative. Hencea t higher temperature, e.g.
800K, the above inequality must holds and the free energy change
will negative at this temperature. Therefore at 800K the reaction
is feasible.
The temperature dependency of equilibrium constant is given by Van't Hoff isobar
where
is the equilibrium constant at temperature
and
is at temperature
. Now it is given that
This is the value of the equilibrium constant at 800K.
(b) The actual value of the equilibrium constant is
.
Therefore it is observed that, there is a huge difference
between the actual value and the value calculated above. This is
due to the fact that, in Van't Hoff isobar the enthalpy change is
taken to be independent of temperature. In reality this
independency does not work well for a huge change in temperature
e.g. from 300K to 800K. Hence
at 800K must be different from
at 300K.