Like heavy water (D₂O), so-called “semi-heavy water”(HDO) undergoes H/D exchange. The scenes below depict aninitial mixture of HDO and H₂ reaching equlibrium.(a) Write the balanced equation for the reaction. (b) Is the valueof Kgreater or less than 1? (c) If each molecule depicted repre-sents 0.10 M, calculate K.

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Like heavy water (D₂O), so-called “semi-heavy water”(HDO) undergoes H/D exchange. The scenes below depict aninitial mixture of HDO and H₂ reaching equlibrium.(a) Write the balanced equation for the reaction. (b) Is the valueof Kgreater or less than 1? (c) If each molecule depicted repre-sents 0.10 M, calculate K.

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