Sulfuric acid is an essential industrial chemical used to manufacture fertilisers, polymer fibers, and detergents.
In industry, sulfuric acid is produced starting with the reversible reaction of sulfur dioxide with oxygen to form sulfur trioxide.
The equation for this key reversible step is:
sulfur dioxide+oxygen⇌sulfur trioxide \text{sulfur dioxide} + \text{oxygen} \rightleftharpoons \text{sulfur trioxide} sulfur dioxide+oxygen⇌sulfur trioxideState the name of this industrial process used to manufacture sulfuric acid.
30 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Chemistry 6.3 Dynamic equilibria, covering 6.3.1 The Haber process as a reversible reaction, 6.3.2 Conditions and rate in industrial equilibria, and 6.3.3 Fertilisers and the preparation of ammonium sulfate. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.