//(14.8) Consider an equilibrium mixture at 2000K consisting of Cs, Cs+, and e-, where Cs denotes neutral cesium atoms, Cs+ singly ionized cesium ions, and e- free electrons. The ionization-equilibrium constant at this temperature for // Cs <--> Cs+ + e- //is K = 15.63. Determine the pressure, in atmospheres, if the ionization of Cs is 95% complete, and plot percent completion of ionization versus pressure ranging from 0 to 10 atm. //solution //The ionization of cesium to form a mixture of Cs, Cs+, and e- is described by //Cs ----> (1-z)Cs + zCs+ + Ze- K = 15.63 z = .95 pref =1 //in atm p = pref*K*((1-z^2)/z^2) printf('the pressure in atm if the ionization of CS is 95 percent complete is: %f',p) x = linspace(0,10,100) for i = 1:100 y(1,i) = 100*sqrt(1/(1+x(1,i)/K)) end plot(x,y) xtitle("","p(atm)","z(%)")