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I got marked down for putting "bar" in my K value on the midterm. Does anyone know why this is?
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Re: units
You would only use bar if the question were to ask, for example, the pressure of the gas at equilibrium.
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Re: units
K does not have units, which is why points were probably taken off for writing bar after k. The units should cancel each other out as well.
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Re: units
Although the products and reactants involved in Kp and Kc use units such as molarity and bar, the units cancel out in the end so K is unitless.
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Re: units
The equilibrium value, K, is a ration of products to reactants, so mathematically the units should cancel out and the calculation would not have units.
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