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Chemical Reaction Equilibrium hrxn as a function of T

I said in my previous post that I will discuss how to solve the equilibrium constant K when the enthalpy of the  reaction is not constant, but a function of temperature. That is to say: Enthalpy as a function of temperature If the above statement is true for the given system then you need to use the following, extremely long formula, I suggest doing this on excel or a similar program. To determine K T , the equilibrium constant at the new operating temperature,   use the following equation: K T when h rxn is a function of T The constants A, B, C, D and E you get from the heat capacities of the different elements in the chemical reaction with: The same goes for C, D and E From a previous post it is shown that v i is the stoichiometric coefficient of the reaction, remember that v i of the reactants are always negative and the products coefficients are always positive, this is really just convention more than anything else.  The nature ...