Practice Problem 3

Use the Lewis structures of NO2 and N2O4 and the stoichiometry of the following reaction to decide whether delta H and delta S favor the reactants or products of this reaction:

2 NO2(g) equilibr.gif (63 bytes) N2O4(g)


Answer

 delta H for this reaction favors the products.  delta S for this reaction favors the reactants.

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