Chemistry

Chemistry

Problem

For a reaction with ΔH∘>0\Delta H^\circ > 0 and ΔS∘>0\Delta S^\circ > 0, which statement best describes how the equilibrium constant KK changes as temperature is increased? a) K decreases because the term TΔS∘T\Delta S^{\circ} adds to ΔH∘\Delta H^{\circ}, so ΔG∘\Delta G^{\circ} increases with temperature. b) K remains less than 1 at all temperatures because both ΔH∘\Delta H^{\circ} and ΔS∘\Delta S^{\circ} are positive. c) K increases because the free-energy term −TΔS∘-T\Delta S^{\circ} becomes more negative at higher temperatures. d) K decreases because the term −ΔH∘RT-\dfrac{\Delta H^{\circ}}{RT} becomes more negative as TT increases.

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