00:01
This question wouldn't be so challenging if they had given you molarities rather than masses.
00:06
So it is going to take a little bit more in order to use the masses to solve this problem, both parts of this problem.
00:13
The equilibrium is pcl5 as a gas, going to pcl3 as a gas and cl2 as a gas.
00:26
The first thing that we need to do before we can solve part b, where we need to determine the concentrations of everything, is calculate the equilibrium constant.
00:39
They tell you that at equilibrium, there's 3 .120 grams of pcl5, 3 .843 or 45 grams of pcl3, and 1 .78 grams of cl2, all in a one -liter flask.
00:57
So to solve for kc, we need to take these grams and the volume and convert them into concentrations.
01:04
The equilibrium constant is going to be the concentration of pcl2.
01:08
Multiplied by the concentration of cl2, divided by the concentration of pcl5.
01:15
So we'll take the 3 .845 grams of pcl3, divide by the molar mass of pcl3 to get moles pcl3, and then divide by 1, which gives us the same value to get the concentration of pcl3.
01:31
Then we'll calculate the concentration of cl2, which will be the mass of cl2, 1 .77 grams, divided by the molar mass of cl2 divided by 1 liter and then we'll calculate the concentration of pcl5 which will be the mass of pcl5 3 .120 divided by the molar mass of pcl5 208 .24 divided by 1 which will then give us a concentration and we get 0 .071 as our equilibrium constant so now it wants to know if when it's at equilibrium after adding more cl2 in which direction or how will the equilibrium be affected well according to les chattelier's principle if we were to add more cl2 keeping the volume the same would increase the concentration of cl2 increasing the concentration of cl2 which shift the equilibrium to the left in order to partially offset the increase in concentration of cl2 so now we know the direction in which the equilibrium will shift in order to re -establish equilibrium.
02:48
So what i'll do is i'll take the 1 .787 gram cl2, add it to the 1 .418 gram cl2, and then divide by the molar mass of cl2 in order to get the moles of cl2.
03:07
Divide that by 1.
03:08
Now i have my molarity.
03:10
So it's 0452 molarity.
03:11
So it's 0 .0452 molar initially...