Hydrogen is used as a rocket fuel because it is very light and reacts explosively and completely with oxygen. for the combustion reaction 2h2(g)+o2(g)⇌2h2o(g) what is the likely magnitude of the equilibrium constant k?

The reaction tends to completion hence K should be in the order of K>103.

The equilibrium constant is a number that indicates the extent to which reactants are converted to products in a chemical reaction. A high value of equilibrium constant indicates that the system contains mostly products and few reactants at equilibrium. A low equilibrium constant indicates that the concentration of reactants is greater than the concentration of products at equilibrium.

For the reaction;  2H2(g) + O2(g) ⇌ 2H2O(g), we know the reaction to be explosive and tend to completion since it is a combustion reaction. This means that the reactants are mostly converted to products and the equilibrium constant will be large. Hence K should be in the order of K>103.

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Hydrogen is used as a rocket fuel because it is very light and reacts explosively and completely with oxygen. For the combustion reaction 2H2(g)+O2(g)⇌2H2O(g) what is the likely magnitude of the equilibrium constant K?

1. K<10−3

2. 10−3

3. K=0

4. K>103

2fe + 3h2so4 -> fe2(so4)3 + 3h2

it is necessary to balance equations in order to get the proper amount of reactants as well as products in order not to make a miscalculation.

you cannot change the subscripts as that would change the substance itself. for instance, diatomic elements such as h2 only have the subscript two when a gas. another example would be so4, if you were to change the subscript, the element would no longer be sulfate.

we change the coefficients instead as that only changes the number of molecules rather than the substance itself.

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