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25 October, 04:32

How do you express homogeneous reactions in the Keq formula? How is that different than how you express heterogeneous reactions?

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  1. 25 October, 04:39
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    Consider the following homogenous reaction:

    aA + bB ⇔ cC + dD

    The equilibrium constant is written as:

    Kc = ([C]^c * [D]^d) / ([A]^a * [B]^b)

    Therefore the equilibrium constant is the ratio of the concentration of the products to concentration of the reactants at equilibrium.

    For a heterogenous reaction, the species that are not in the same physical state as the rest of the chemical species are omitted from the expression. Considering the previous reaction, if reactant A was solid and the remaining were gaseous, the expression will be:

    Kc = ([C]^c * [D]^d) / [B]^b
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