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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

50g CaCO3 is allowed to desociated in 22.4 lit vessel at 819°C. If 50% of CaCO3 is left at equilibrium, active masses of CaCO3 , CaO & CO2

Profile image of Shivaji Jadhav
6 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Vikas TU
6 Years ago
Dear student 
Active mass of cao is 1
But active mass of co2 is 0.25/22.4
Explanation:
Active mass of solids is taken as unity
For co2 -at starting 0.5 mole is present by stoichiometry we know half mole will dissociate to form half mole of co2 but dissociation is only 50% so .25 moles will be formed
And active mass is no of moles per litre(molarity)