A sample of CaSO4(s) is placed in a container and then heated so that it decomposed accordinf to the following equation:  2CaSO4(s) --><-- 2CaO(s) + 2SO2(g) + O2(g) At equilibrium, the total pressure in the container was found to be 0.60 atm at 700 degrees Celsius. Calculate Kp

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A sample of CaSO4(s) is placed in a container and then heated so that it decomposed accordinf to the following equation: 

2CaSO4(s) --><-- 2CaO(s) + 2SO2(g) + O2(g)

At equilibrium, the total pressure in the container was found to be 0.60 atm at 700 degrees Celsius. Calculate Kp

0.032 

0.0080

0.20

0.016

0.40

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