Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach 8th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0-07339-817-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-07339-817-4

Chapter 16 - Chemical and Phase Equilibrium - Problems - Page 831: 16-29

Answer

$24.0\%$

Work Step by Step

The stoichiometric and actual reactions can be written as Stoichiometric: $\mathrm{H}_2 \Leftrightarrow 2 \mathrm{H}$ (thus $v_{\mathrm{H}_2}=1$ and $v_{\mathrm{H}}=2$ ) Actual: $$ \mathrm{H}_2 \longrightarrow \underbrace{x \mathrm{H}_2}_{\text {react. }}+\underbrace{y \mathrm{H}}_{\text {prod. }} $$ H balance: $$ 2=2 x+y \text { or } y=2-2 x $$ Total number of moles: $$ N_{\text {total }}=x+y=x+2-2 x=2-x $$ The equilibrium constant relation can be expressed as $$ K_p=\frac{N_{\mathrm{H}}^{v_{\mathrm{H}}}}{N_{\mathrm{H}_2}^{v_{\mathrm{H}_2}}}\left(\frac{P}{N_{\text {total }}}\right)^{v_{\mathrm{H}}-v_{\mathrm{H}_2}} $$ From Table A-28, $\ln K_p=0.202$ at $3800 \mathrm{~K}$. Thus $K_p=1.224$. Substituting, $$ 1.224=\frac{(2-2 x)^2}{x}\left(\frac{5}{2-x}\right)^{2-1} $$ Solving for $x$, $$ x=0.7599 $$ Thus the percentage of $\mathrm{H}_2$ which dissociates to $\mathrm{H}$ at $3200 \mathrm{~K}$ and $5 \mathrm{~atm}$ is $$ 1-0.7599=0.240 \text { or } \mathbf{2 4 . 0} \% $$
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