CHEMISTRY · Subjective · A Level · Chemistry · Chemical equilibria (Le Chatelier’s principle and Kc) · Chemical equilibria (Le Chatelier’s principle and Kc)
Problem
In the industrial production of hydrogen chloride, the reaction
H2(g)+Cl2(g)⇌2HCl(g)
has Kc=3×10−5 at a certain temperature. Explain, in no more than three sentences, why the expected yield of HCl is low at this temperature when the reactants start in equimolar amounts.