Question

The given chemical reaction is:

[COCl_2(g) \rightleftharpoons CO(g) + Cl_2(g) \quad K = 1.5 \times 10^{10}]

Are the reactants or products lower in energy? Select the single best answer.

reactants

both are at the same energy

products

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The products are lower in energy. This can be inferred from the value of the equilibrium constant (K) being very large (1.5 x 10^10), indicating that the reaction strongly favors the formation of products over reactants.