Question

Consider the following chemical equilibrium:
NH4SH(s) ⇌ H2SgNH3(g) Now write an equation below that shows how to calculate Kp from Kc for this reaction at an absolute temperature T. You can assume T is comfortably above room temperature. If you include any common physical constants in your equation be sure you use their standard symbols, found in the ALEKS Calculator.

Answer 1

Answer:

See explanation below

Explanation:

First, let's write the reaction:

NH₄SH(s)   <------> H₂S(g) + NH₃(g)

The reaction is already balanced so we don't need to do anything else.

Second, let's take into account the following. The Kc expression for this reaction, only compounds in gaseous state are the only ones that contribute to the equilibrium. Solid and liquid do not contribute to the Kc expression. This is because solid and liquid have a constant concentration near to 1, so, it won't do any difference.

Knowing this, the Kc expression for this reaction is:

Kc = [H₂S] [NH₃]

Now, to calculate Kp from Kc, there's an expression that helps a lot to do this. The expression is the following:

Kp = Kc (RT)ᵃⁿ    (1)

Where:

R: universal constant of gases

T: Temperature in K

ᵃⁿ = difference of the coefficients of the reaction.

This expression comes from the fact that Kp is an expression that instead of working with concentrations, it works with pressure.

If we use the ideal gas equation we have:

PV = nRT

Solving for P:

P = nRT/V        and C = n/V   so

P = CRT

If we now replace this, in the Kp expression of equilibrium we have:

Kp = pH₂S * pNH₃

Kp = ([H₂S]RT)¹ ([NH₃]RT)¹

Kp = (RT)¹⁺¹ ([H₂S] [NH₃])

Kp = (RT)²Kc

So finally the expression for Kp would be:

Kp = Kc (RT)²

Hope this helps