Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach 8th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-07339-817-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-07339-817-4

Chapter 16 - Chemical and Phase Equilibrium - Problems - Page 831: 16-33

Answer

$67.5\%$

Work Step by Step

The stoichiometric and actual reactions can be written as Stoichiometric: $\mathrm{Na} \Leftrightarrow \mathrm{Na}^{+}+\mathrm{e}^{-}$(thus $v_{\mathrm{Na}}=1, v_{\mathrm{Na}^{+}}=1$ and $v_{\mathrm{e}^{-}}=1$ ) Actual: $\quad \mathrm{Na} \longrightarrow \underbrace{x \mathrm{Na}}_{\text {react. }}+\underbrace{y \mathrm{Na}^{+}+y \mathrm{e}^{-}}_{\text {products }}$ Na balance: $\quad 1=x+y$ or $y=1-x$ Total number of moles: $\quad N_{\text {total }}=x+2 y=2-x$ The equilibrium constant relation becomes, Substituting, $$ 0.668=\frac{(1-x)^2}{x}\left(\frac{0.8}{2-x}\right) $$ Solving for $x$, $$ x=0.3254 $$ Thus the fraction of $\mathrm{Na}$ which dissociates into $\mathrm{Na}^{+}$and $\mathrm{e}^*$ is $$ 1-0.3254=0.6746 \text { or } \mathbf{6 7 . 5} \% $$
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