Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A converter is fed with of sulphur dioxide for each of oxygen. At the equilibrium constant of is . Let the conversion of sulphur dioxide be . The amounts are of SO2, of O2 and of SO3, with a total of , so . Find the conversion at a total pressure of and of . Find the amount of sulphur dioxide that is left unconverted at , for each of sulphur dioxide fed.
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Plan. Solve for .
Step 1. The estimate. At the right side is . With the numerator near 2, , so and .
Step 2. Exact value. Put in the left side. It gives , which is close to . Solved to more places, at .
Step 3. Two bar. The right side is . The same method gives .
Step 4. Unconverted SO2. For each fed, the amount left is .
Answer: at , at , and left.
Check. Doubling the pressure raises the conversion only a little, because it is already close to 100 percent. The unconverted share goes from 3.8 percent to 3.0 percent.
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For 2SO2 + O2 in the equation of the contact process, with 2 mol of SO2 and 1 mol of O2 at the start, the equilibrium at conversion obeys . Oleum is SO3 dissolved in H2SO4, and each SO3 takes one H2O to make one H2SO4. Hot concentrated H2SO4 oxidises copper and is itself reduced to SO2: half of the acid ends up as the sulphate and half as SO2.
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