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For the gas-phase reaction , take and , both independent of temperature, and standard pressure . Pure is allowed to reach equilibrium at and a constant total pressure of . The degree of dissociation of is ____ . (Give the answer correct to two decimal places.)
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Answer: 0.26
First get the equilibrium constant from thermodynamics: . Then . For moles dissociating per mole of the mixture has of and of , total . Therefore . Solving, , so . At 1 bar the same equation would give 0.19, showing Le Chatelier's effect: lower pressure favours the side with more moles of gas. Note that here is dimensionless because pressures are divided by the 1 bar standard state, and the endothermic sign of means would rise on heating. The sanity check and holds.
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