Chemistry: A Molecular Approach (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 17 - Sections 17.1-17.9 - Exercises - Problems by Topic - Page 854: 51d

Answer

$-390.8\,J/K$ The decrease in the number of moles of gas results in the decrease of entropy and therefore $\Delta S^{\circ}_{rxn}$ is negative.

Work Step by Step

$\Delta S^{\circ}_{rxn}=\Sigma n_{p}S^{\circ}(products)-\Sigma n_{r}S^{\circ}(reactants)$ $=[2\,mol\times S^{\circ}(H_{2}O,l)+2\,mol\times S^{\circ}(SO_{2},g)]-[2\,mol\times S^{\circ}(H_{2}S,g)+3\,mol\times S^{\circ}(O_{2},g)]$ $=[2\,mol(70.0\,Jmol^{-1}K^{-1})+2\,mol(248.2\,Jmol^{-1}K^{-1})]-[2\,mol(205.8\,Jmol^{-1}K^{-1})+3\,mol(205.2\,Jmol^{-1}K^{-1})]$ $=-390.8\,J/K$ As expected because of the decrease in the number of moles of gas, $\Delta S^{\circ}_{rxn}$ is negative.
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