Chemistry

Chemistry

Problem

In the industrial production of hydrogen chloride, the reaction H2(g)+Cl2(g)⇌2HCl(g){\rm H_2(g)+Cl_2(g) \rightleftharpoons 2HCl(g)} has Kc=3×10−5K_c=3\times10^{-5} at a certain temperature. Explain, in no more than three sentences, why the expected yield of HCl\rm HCl is low at this temperature when the reactants start in equimolar amounts.

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