An engineer is studying the oxidation of SO2 to produce the precursor, SO3, in the manufacture of sulfuric acid.  The Kp = 1.7e8 at 600. K for the reaction.                     2SO2 (g)  +  O2(g)  <-->  2SO3 (g) i) At equilibrium pSO3 = 300. atm and pO2 = 100. atm. Calculate pSO2 ii) To this system, the engineer next add 0.0040 mol of SO2 (g) and 0.0028 mol of O2(g) to the 1.0-L container and raises the temperature from 600 K to 1000K. The reaction reaches equilibrium and 0.0020 mol of SO3 (g) is present. What would the engineer calculate the Kc and PSO2 for the reaction to be 1000K?   Does the engineer expect the reaction to be exothermic or endothermic?

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An engineer is studying the oxidation of SO2 to produce the precursor, SO3, in the manufacture of sulfuric acid.  The Kp = 1.7e8 at 600. K for the reaction.

                    2SO2 (g)  +  O2(g)  <-->  2SO3 (g)

i) At equilibrium pSO3 = 300. atm and pO2 = 100. atm. Calculate pSO2

ii) To this system, the engineer next add 0.0040 mol of SO2 (g) and 0.0028 mol of O2(g) to the 1.0-L container and raises the temperature from 600 K to 1000K. The reaction reaches equilibrium and 0.0020 mol of SO3 (g) is present. What would the engineer calculate the Kc and PSO2 for the reaction to be 1000K?   Does the engineer expect the reaction to be exothermic or endothermic?

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