2016 Final

[Blake_Katsev_2E]

Why in question 2A when the question says that each of the two reactants have half of the partial pressure as the single product would the K=2x/x^2 rather than K=x/(x/2)^2

[Sangita_Sub_3H]

I think it's because it is easier to use whole numbers instead of fractions, since half of 2x would be x. However, I think both ways should yield the same result.

[Blake_Katsev_2E]

i calculated it and i got different results

[Aliya Habib 1L]

The overall pressure of the reactants is half the pressure of the product not that cl3 and cl2 are halves. So the denominator is still x^2 but the overall relationship between the reactants and products is that the reactants are half which I believe is why you would multiply by 2 instead of multiplying by 1/2 for convenience.

Or it could be a typo