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Thermochemistry: Play With Reaction Synthlet


    
   or    Kelvin        
Hydrolysis of carbon disulfide
           +       2       +         2
Carbon disulfide
+
Steam
 
Reactants
 
Carbon dioxide
+
Hydrogen sulfide
 
Products
 
Products – Reactants
ΔfH
 
ΔfH
 
Σf-reactH
 
ΔfH
 
ΔfH
 
 
Σf-prodH
 
Σf-prodH - Σf-reactH = ΔrH
(89.7 x 1)
+
(-241.8 x 2)
=
-393.94
 
(-393.5 x 1)
+
(-20.6 x 2)
=
-434.8
 
-434.8 - -393.9 = -40.8 kJmol-1
                             
S
 
S
 
ΣreactS
 
S
 
S
 
 
ΣprodS
 
ΣprodS - ΣreactS = ΔrS
(0.151 x 1)
+
(0.189 x 2)
=
0.529
 
(0.214 x 1)
+
(0.206 x 2)
=
0.625
 
0.625 - 0.529 = 0.096 kJK-1mol-1
Gibbs free energy at 298K (standard conditions and standard temperature):
 
ΔrG   = ΔrH – (T298 x ΔrS)   =   -40.8– (298 x 0.096)  =
-69.5kJmol-1
ΔrH
=
-40.8 kJmol-1 Negative value: the reaction is exothermic
ΔrS
=
+0.096 kJK-1mol-1 Positive value: the system becomes more dispersed
ΔrG 298K
=
-69.5 kJmol-1 Negative value: the reaction is feasible (spontaneous)
Keq 298K
=
1.54 x 1012 Value is greater than 1: the reaction proceeds to the right
No equilibrium temperature: this reaction is feasible at all temperatures

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