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In the Laboratory
A Simple Determination of the NO2 Dimerization Equilibrium Constant
Qingjiang Yu and Hongxia Gao
Department of Chemistry, Liaocheng Teacher's College Shandong, China

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February 1997
Vol. 74 No. 2
p. 233

Abstract

Based on the chemical equilibrium equation

2NO(g) + O2(g) <--> 2NO2(g) <--> N2O4(g) (1)

this paper deals with the possible gases existing in the reaction system and the change of the total volume of gases after the mixture of two volumes of NO and one volume of O2 in a closed container under normal pressure (1 atm) with the changes in temperature. Meanwhile, we have obtained an equation for the calculation of the NO2 polymerization equilibrium constant Kp in the reaction system on the condition that the temperature is within the range of 294.2-413 K and pressure is 1 atm. Kp = [(2V-Vm)áVm]/[4(Vm-V)2] With a glass syringe as the reaction container, we use a water bath to maintain a constant temperature for the determination of the dimerization equilibrium constant of NO. The result of our determination tallies with the documented value.

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Yu, Qingjiang; Gao, Hongxia. J. Chem. Educ. 1997 74 233.
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