For the equilibrium 2SO₂ + O₂ ⇌ 2SO₃

CHEMISTRY · Subjective · A Level · Chemistry · Chemical equilibria (Le Chatelier’s principle and Kc) · Chemical equilibria (Le Chatelier’s principle and Kc)

Problem

For the equilibrium 2SO₂ + O₂ ⇌ 2SO₃, the value of Kc at a given temperature is 16.0. Provide the smallest possible whole-number set of particle counts for SO₂, O₂, and SO₃—each present at least once—that exactly satisfies this equilibrium constant in a particulate diagram.

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