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Edexcel AS-level ChemistryReversible Reactions and Dynamic EquilibriumLesson 16 of 18

Question. Phosphorus(V) chloride decomposes on heating:

PCl5(g) ⇌ PCl3(g) + Cl2(g)

A sealed 2.0 dm3 container is found to contain 0.40 mol PCl5, 0.20 mol PCl3 and 0.20 mol Cl2 at equilibrium at a temperature T.

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equilibrium constant
A value, Kc, expressing the ratio of product to reactant concentrations at equilibrium for a reaction at a given temperature.

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