Question

A gas mixture consists of 3.14 atm of CH₃OH, 4.1 atm of HCl, 0.522 atm of CH₃Cl, and 0.506 atm of H₂O. Calculate the reaction quotient for this system prior to the establishment of the equilibrium below.



CH₃OH(g) + HCl(g) ⇌ CH₃Cl(g) + H₂O(g)

Report your answer to three significant figures in scientific notation.

Tries 0/3

If the equilibrium constant for this reaction at 2000 K is 9.20, determine the direction that the reaction will shift in order to achieve equilibrium.





left/ right / no change

Tries 0/1

Answer 1

Qc = [P_H2O] [P_CH3Cl] / [P_CH3OH] [P_HCl]

Qc = [0.506][0.522] / [3.14] [4.1]

Qc = 0.2641 / 12.874

Qc = 0.02

Kc >> Qc

so equilibrium shift towards right