Equilibrium constants units

One can write acid-base equilibrium constants for the species in the inner compact layer and ion pair association constants for the outer compact layer. In these constants, the concentration or activity of an ion is related to that in the bulk by a term e p(-erp/kT), where yp is the potential appropriate to the layer [25]. The charge density in both layers is given by the algebraic sum of the ions present per unit area, which is related to the number of ions removed from solution by, for example, a pH titration. If the capacity of the layers can be estimated, one has a relationship between the charge density and potential and thence to the experimentally measurable zeta potential [26]. 

Equilibrium constants for protein-small molecule association usually are easily measured with good accuracy it is normal for standard free energies to be known to within 0.5 kcal/mol. Standard conditions define temperature, pressure and unit concentration of each of the three reacting species. It is to be expected that the standard free energy difference depends on temperature, pressure and solvent composition AA°a also depends on an arbitrary choice of standard unit concentrations. 

Alkylammes differ very little among themselves m basicity Their basicities cover a range of less than 10m equilibrium constant (1 pkf unit)... 

The simplest mode of IGC is the infinite dilution mode , effected when the adsorbing species is present at very low concentration in a non-adsorbing carrier gas. Under such conditions, the adsorption may be assumed to be sub-monolayer, and if one assumes in addition that the surface is energetically homogeneous with respect to the adsorption (often an acceptable assumption for dispersion-force-only adsorbates), the isotherm will be linear (Henry s Law), i.e. the amount adsorbed will be linearly dependent on the partial saturation of the gas. The proportionality factor is the adsorption equilibrium constant, which is the ratio of the volume of gas adsorbed per unit area of solid to its relative saturation in the carrier. The quantity measured experimentally is the relative retention volume, Vn, for a gas sample injected into the column. It is the volume of carrier gas required to completely elute the sample, relative to the amount required to elute a non-adsorbing probe, i.e. 

You may wonder why the equilibrium constant, 11, has no units. The reason is that each term in the reaction quotient represents the ratio of the measured pressure of the gas to the thermodynamic standard state of one atmosphere. Thus the quotient (f3No2)2/f>N2o4 in Experiment 1 becomes... 

Appendix 1 includes a review of SI base units as well as tables of thermodynamic data and equilibrium constants. 

By custom, the units of concentration are always included in the units of rate constants but are customarily omitted for equilibrium constants. Problem 7-15 provides further insights. 

Figure 6.18 shows how the model predicts the four main types of r vs O global behaviour (electrophobic, electrophilic, volcano, inverted volcano) for fixed XD and IA, Pd and pA, by just varying the adsorption equilibrium constants kD and kA. Note that in Figure 6.18 and till the end of this chapter we omit the units of Pd and pA (e.g. kPa) and kD,kA (e.g. kPa 1), unless we refer to experimental data. This is because one is free to use any consistent set of units, since only the dimensionless products kApA and kDpD enter the calculations. 

We use a different measure of concentration when writing expressions for the equilibrium constants of reactions that involve species other than gases. Thus, for a species J that forms an ideal solution in a liquid solvent, the partial pressure in the expression for K is replaced by the molarity fjl relative to the standard molarity c° = 1 mol-L 1. Although K should be written in terms of the dimensionless ratio UJ/c°, it is common practice to write K in terms of [J] alone and to interpret each [JJ as the molarity with the units struck out. It has been found empirically, and is justified by thermodynamics, that pure liquids or solids should not appear in K. So, even though CaC03(s) and CaO(s) occur in the equilibrium... 

SOLUTION First convert the units of partial pressures to bars using 1 bar = 105 Pa P i7 = 4.2 X 10 8 bar, Pcli = 8.3 X 10 8 bar. Write the expression for the equilibrium constant from the chemical equation given. 

The units of AG are joules (or kilojoules), with a value that depends not only on E, but also on the amount n (in moles) of electrons transferred in the reaction. Thus, in reaction A, n = 2 mol. As in the discussion of the relation between Gibbs free energy and equilibrium constants (Section 9.3), we shall sometimes need to use this relation in its molar form, with n interpreted as a pure number (its value with the unit mol struck out). Then we write... 

We will see functions like the one occurring under the logarithm operator quite often. For efficiency, this is generally written as In(Products)/(Reactants), where (Products) and (Reactants) denote the partial pressures of the species relative to the standard state pressure raised to a power that is equal to the stoichiometric coefficients. Kp is the equilibrium constant in terms of pressures. Since all pressures are in the same units, Rp is dimensionless. Note that in some literature there may be a combination of some power of P with Kp to obtain an equilibrium constant with pressure units. In this case. 

Solubility equilibria are described quantitatively by the equilibrium constant for solid dissolution, Ksp (the solubility product). Formally, this equilibrium constant should be written as the activity of the products divided by that of the reactants, including the solid. However, since the activity of any pure solid is defined as 1.0, the solid is commonly left out of the equilibrium constant expression. The activity of the solid is important in natural systems where the solids are frequently not pure, but are mixtures. In such a case, the activity of a solid component that forms part of an "ideal" solid solution is defined as its mole fraction in the solid phase. Empirically, it appears that most solid solutions are far from ideal, with the dilute component having an activity considerably greater than its mole fraction. Nevertheless, the point remains that not all solid components found in an aquatic system have unit activity, and thus their solubility will be less than that defined by the solubility constant in its conventional form. 

Equilibrium constants are dimensionless numbers, yet the concentrations used in an equilibrium constant expression have units. To understand this, we need to explore the reaction quotient Q, introduced in Chapter 14. In Section 16-1 we explore in detail the link between Q and Keq. Here we use Q to address the issue of concentration units and the equilibrium constant. 

Chemical equilibria often involve pure liquids and solids in addition to gases and solutes. The concentration of a pure liquid or solid does not vary significantly. Figure 16-4 shows that although the amount of a solid or liquid can vary, the number of moles per unit volume remains fixed. In other words, the concentrations of pure liquids or solids are always equal to their standard concentrations. Thus, division by standard concentration results in a value of 1 for any pure liquid or solid. This allows us to omit pure liquids and solids from equilibrium constant expressions. For a general reaction (2A + iBt= C D-l-. S where S is a pure solid or liquid ... 

Write the equilibrium constant expression for the reaction of iron metal with strong aqueous acid, and indicate the concentration units for each reagent ... 

The kinetic factor is proportional to the energetic state of the system and (for heterogeneous catalytic systems) the number of active sites per unit volume (mass) of catalyst. The driving-force group includes the influence of concentration and distance from chemical equilibrium on the reaction rate, and the hindering group describes the hindering effect of components of the reaction mixture on the reaction rate. The kinetic factor is expressed as the rate constant, possibly multiplied by an equilibrium constant(s) as will be shown later. 

Because of uncertainties of equilibrium constants, ES, pH, temperature, /02 and other parameters (activity coefficient, ionic strength, activity of water, pressure), the estimated values of concentrations may have uncertainties of 1 in logarithmic unit. However, it can be concluded from the thermochemical calculations and fluid inclusion data that the Kuroko ore fluids have the following chemical features. 

Ki)k equilibrium constant in the melt for the Adh reaction (various units)... 

Because for now we are concerned only with equilibrium conditions and not with the rate at which equilibrium is reached, we can combine k and k x to form a new constant, KA = MM which has the unit of concentration. KA is a dissociation equilibrium constant (see Appendix 1.2A [Section 1.2.4.1]), though this is often abbreviated to either equilibrium constant or dissociation constant. Replacing k and k gives ... 

Each differential equation contains a flow term identified by Q/V (flow rate/reactor volume) and also a reaction term which can be identified by a rate of reaction or equilibrium constant (k, K, k ). These reaction and equilibrium constants are functions of temperature which, in this study, was fixed. The viscosity dependence of the equilibrium constant (relating reactive species to total polymer) shown in Equations 6 and 7 was observed experimentally and is known as the Trommsdorf effect (6). Table I lists values and units of all parameters in Equations 1-7. 

At 900 °F the equilibrium constant for this reaction is 5.62 when the standard states for all species are taken as unit fugacity. If the reaction is carried out at 75 atm, what molal ratio of steam to carbon monoxide is required to produce a product mixture in which 90% of the inlet CO is converted to C02 ... 

The equilibrium constants are based on a standard state of unit fugacity for the gaseous species and on a standard state corresponding to the pure solid for carbon. 

The solubility 5 of magnesium hydroxide (in units of moles per liter) can be computed from the equilibrium constant (the solubility product) for the dissolution of the salt. For 5 equal to the moles per liter of Mg(OH)2 dissolved ... 

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