Nitrogen forms a surprising number of compounds with oxygen. A number of these, often given the collective symbol NOx (for "nitrogen + x oxygens") are serious contributors to air pollution. They can often be interconverted, sometimes by reaction with oxygen or ozone (O3) in the air. An atmospheric scientist decides to study the reaction between nitrogen trioxide and oxygen that produces nitrogen dioxide and ozone. He fills a stainless steel reaction chamber with 7.9atm of nitrogen trioxide gas and 1.7atm of oxygen gas and raises the temperature considerably. At equilibrium he measures the mole fraction of nitrogen dioxide to be 0.14. Calculate the pressure equilibrium constant Kp for the equilibrium between nitrogen trioxide, oxygen, nitrogen dioxide and ozone at the final temperature of the mixture. Round your answer to 2 significant digits
Nitrogen forms a surprising number of compounds with oxygen. A number of these, often given the collective symbol NOx (for "nitrogen + x oxygens") are serious contributors to air pollution. They can often be interconverted, sometimes by reaction with oxygen or ozone (O3) in the air. An atmospheric scientist decides to study the reaction between nitrogen trioxide and oxygen that produces nitrogen dioxide and ozone. He fills a stainless steel reaction chamber with 7.9atm of nitrogen trioxide gas and 1.7atm of oxygen gas and raises the temperature considerably. At equilibrium he measures the mole fraction of nitrogen dioxide to be 0.14. Calculate the pressure equilibrium constant Kp for the equilibrium between nitrogen trioxide, oxygen, nitrogen dioxide and ozone at the final temperature of the mixture. Round your answer to 2 significant digits.
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