Chapter 13, Problem 13F.3P

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The ratio of equilibrium constants $K\left(B\right)/K$ for the dissociation reaction of iodine gas has to be calculated.  The field required to change the equilibrium constant by $1$ percent has to be calculated.

Concept introduction:

Statistical thermodynamics is used to describe all the possible configurations in a system at given physical quantities such as pressure, temperature, and a number of particles in the system.  The important quantity in the thermodynamic is partition function that is shown below.

  $q\equiv {\displaystyle \sum _i{g}_i{e}^{-\beta {\epsilon }_i}}$