Chemistry: Atoms First (2nd Edition)

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1305079248
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-924-3

Chapter 12 - Questions - Page 524b: 14

Answer

There will be a large amount of unreacted starting material at equilibrium. This reaction is not likely to be a good source of products at this temperature.

Work Step by Step

Looking at the K expression: $$K = \frac{[Products]}{[Reactants]}$$ When the equivalent value of a fraction is large, the numerator is much bigger than the denominator. Therefore [Products] >>> [Reactants]. If K is small, the reactants concentration is much larger than the concentration of products.
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