Chapter 17, Problem 102RQ

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The equilibria that are associated with the equations for ${\text{K}}_{\text{form}}$ for each of the given complexes are to be written, also the equations for the ${\text{K}}_{\text{form}}$ of each complex is to be written.

Concept Introduction:

According to the law of chemical equilibrium, the equilibrium constant for an equilibrium reaction is the ratio of the product of molar concentrations of products to the product of molar concentrations of the reactants, each raised to the power their stoichiometric coefficients in the overall balanced equilibrium reaction.

For a general equilibrium reaction, $\text{aA + bB }\underset{}{\overset{}{\rightleftarrows }}\text{cC+dD}$, the equilibrium constant will be represented as:

$K\text{ = }\frac{{\text{[C]}}^{\text{c}}{\text{[D]}}^{\text{d}}}{{\text{[A]}}^{\text{a}}{\text{[B]}}^{\text{b}}}$