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A mixture of SO3,SO2 and O2 gases are maintained at equilibrium in 10 litre flask at a temperature at which Kc for the reaction, 2SO2(g)+O2(g)2SO3(g) is 100 mol1 litre. At equilibrium,


a) If no of mole of SO3 and SO2 in the flask are same, how many moles of O2 are present?
b) If no. of mole of SO3 in the flask are twice the no of mole of SO2, how many moles of O2 are present?

A
0.1 and 0.4
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B
0.5 and 0.7
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C
0.8 and 0.4
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D
0.1 and 4
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Solution

The correct option is A 0.1 and 0.4
The equilibrium reaction is 2SO2(g)+O2(g)2SO3(g).
The number of moles of SO2 and SO3 are same. Hence, their molar concentration is also same.
The expression for the equilibrium constant is Kc=[SO3]2[SO2]2[O2]
Substitute values in the above expression:
100=1[O2]
Thus, [O2]=0.01M

1 L contains 0.01 moles of oxygen.
10 L will contain 0.1 moles of oxygen.

(b) The number of moles of SO3 is twice the number of moles of SO2 .Hence,theirmolarconcentrationisalsointhesameratio.TheexpressionfortheequilibriumconstantisK_c= \dfrac {[SO_3]^2}{[SO_2]^2[O_2]}Substitutevaluesintheaboveexpression:100=\dfrac {4}{[O_2]}Thus[O_2] = 0.04M$

1 L contains 0.04 moles of oxygen.
10 L will contain 0.4 moles of oxygen.

Hence, option A is correct.

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