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Question: What are the units of equilibrium constants \( {K_c},{K_P}\,,{K_n}\,and\,{K_x} \) ?...

What are the units of equilibrium constants Kc,KP,KnandKx{K_c},{K_P}\,,{K_n}\,and\,{K_x} ?

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Solution

According to the above mentioned question, to know the units of given equilibrium constants, we will write a reaction and then we will go through the reaction to conclude the units of the given equilibrium.

Complete step by step answer:
Now the equilibrium constant for the reaction-
A+BC+D  A + B \rightleftharpoons C + D\; is given by:
Keq=[C][D][A][B]{K_{eq}} = [C][D][A][B] and CLEARLY this is dimensionless.
However, not all equilibrium are so constructed, we could have the reaction.
A+BCA + B \rightleftharpoons C where Keq=[C][A][B]{K_{eq}} = [C][A][B] the which ostensibly has units Lmol1L \cdot mo{l^{ - 1}} and for this reaction we would assume standard state activities, where the concentration is referenced to a standard state under standard conditions.
i.e aA=[A][AO]{a_A}\, = \dfrac{{[A]}}{{[{A_O}]}} and we speak of the activity of A to A DIMENSIONLESS QUANTITY and certainly we can take logs of a unitless number.
The old Gibbs' equation and its relationship to the thermodynamic equilibrium constant.
ΔGrxn=ΔHTΔS=RTlnKeq- \Delta {G^ \circ }_{rxn} = \Delta {H^ \circ } - T\Delta {S^ \circ } = - RT{l_n}{K_{eq}}
Now we can take the logarithm of a dimensionless number, we can’t take the log of a number with dimensions.
And under certain circumstances we could conceivably measure Keq{K_{eq}} at a range of temperatures...and plot the log of Keq{K_{eq}} against inverse temperature....and use the slope and xinterceptx - intercept of the line to extract the thermodynamic parameters of the reaction i.e. ΔH\Delta {H^ \circ } , and ΔS\Delta {S^ \circ } .

Note:
As regards to the rate constants, these are usually in terms of inverse time, i.e     s1\;\;{s^{ - 1}}
Anyway if there is a more specific issue, or something you want clarified, fire away, and someone will try to address your question. It would help if you told us at which level you study. The spray here is probably 2nd year physical chemistry.