00:01
So for this question, the reaction we're looking at is ch2 to o becoming ch4 and co.
00:13
Now all of these here are gases.
00:16
And so the pressure, remember, is directly related to the number of moles of gas we have.
00:22
So if the number of moles of gas is multiplied by 2, the pressure will also be multiplied by 2.
00:30
And so all of that is just to say that we're going to need to understand, you know, the ideal gas law in order to interpret the data that we have.
00:42
So we're told that at t equal to infinity, basically after the entire reaction has happened, the total pressure is equal to 249 .8 millimeters of mercury.
01:00
And whenever the reaction is done, we have all ch4 and co, which is to say that we have twice as many moles as when we first start.
01:10
Because when we first start, we just have this ch220.
01:15
And so we have basically one mole of some amount.
01:19
But whatever that amount is, we're going to have double of it at the end because we're going to have both ch4 and co.
01:27
And so that means that if we want to find the initial pressure of ch220, we can take this pressure that's total.
01:37
And we'll find that the initial pressure, p -not of ch220, is going to equal this divided by 2.
01:46
And that's 124 .94 millimeters of mercury.
01:56
Now, to go from there to figuring out, you know, what are the pressures that all the other times, you're going to have to think about this.
02:05
So every time that some of this reacts, you know, we're losing some amount of moles because this product no longer, or this reacting no longer exists.
02:17
That amount is exactly equal to and replaced by one of these products.
02:21
For example, let's say the ch4.
02:23
So to put that on more concrete terms, if we say we lose minus 0 .5 moles of ch4, ch2o, will gain 0 .5 moles of ch4 and those effects cancel each other out...