Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach 8th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-07339-817-9
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Chapter 16 - Chemical and Phase Equilibrium - Problems - Page 830: 16-13

Answer

$T=\mathbf{3 1 5 2}\ \mathbf{K}$

Work Step by Step

The stoichiometric and actual reactions can be written as Stoichiometric: $\mathrm{O}_2 \Leftrightarrow 2 \mathrm{O}$ (thus $v_{\mathrm{O}_2}=1$ and $v_{\mathrm{O}}=2$ ) Actual: $$ \mathrm{O}_2 \Leftrightarrow \underbrace{0.95 \mathrm{O}_2}_{\text {react. }}+\underbrace{0.1O}_{\text {prod. }} $$ The equilibrium constant $K_p$ can be determined from $$ K_p=\frac{N_{\mathrm{O}}^{v_{\mathrm{O}}}}{N_{\mathrm{O}_2}^{v_{\mathrm{O}_2}}}\left(\frac{P}{N_{\text {total }}}\right)^{v_{\mathrm{O}}-v_{\mathrm{O}_2}}=\frac{0.1^2}{0.95}\left(\frac{6}{0.95+0.1}\right)^{2-1}=0.06015 $$ From Table A-28, the temperature corresponding to this $K_p$ value is $$ T=\mathbf{3 1 5 2} \mathbf{K} $$
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