Cоnsider the fоllоwing reаction аnd its equilibrium constаnt: SO2(g) + NO2(g) ⇌ SO3(g) + NO(g) Kc = 0.33 A reaction mixture contains 0.41 M SO2, 0.13 M NO2, 0.11 M SO3 and 0.13 M NO. Is the system at equilibrium? If not, indicate the direction of reaction. Must show your work on scratch paper to receive credit.
After аnswering this questiоn, pleаse submit yоur аnswer and take a brief break. Yоu may being PART TWO when you are ready. ESSAY QUESTION NO. 1 (50 percent of the basic course grade. Recommended time: 90 minutes.) Oklahoma Meters, Inc. (OMI), is based in Oklahoma City. The company manufactures precision meters used by the natural gas industry to monitor the flow of natural gas through pipelines. OMI's market will grow during the next ten years as electric utilities turn away from coal and oil to natural gas as the source of fuel for their power plants until renewable sources of energy can satisfy their customers' needs for electricity. Until a few years ago, OMI assembled its meters in Oklahoma City from components made in China. However, the import duties imposed by the Trump Administration and retained by the Biden Administration on components imported from China has made its meters prohibitively expensive to manufacture in the United States. Accordingly, OMI adjusted its business plan. It created a Mexican subsidiary, OMI Mexico, S.A. (OMI Mexico), to assemble its meters and then ship the completed meters to Oklahoma City. Because Mexico has not imposed import duties on Chinese components, OMI can make the meters in Mexico and ship them to Oklahoma City for much less than making the meters in Oklahoma City. OMI Mexico orders components from OMI's supplier in China by email. Each order lists the needed components by name and quantity, states a total purchase price, and provides that the order is CIF INCOTERMS 2020 OMI Mexico's plant in Monterrey, Mexico. OMI Mexico calculates the total price from a price list that the Chinese supplier updates from time to time after discussions with OMI Mexico. Each email also states that payment will be made against documents by means of a confirmed irrevocable letter of credit. Furthermore, each email states that the seller indemnifies the buyer against any failure of the insurance company to pay for damage to the goods occurring during transit and that the buyer is entitled to consequential damages from the seller arising from any such failure. The supplier in China confirms OMI Mexico's orders by email. Each confirmation specifies the Shenzhen branch of China Merchant Bank as the confirming bank for the letter of credit and states that the liability of the seller is limited to the replacement of any defective components. After it receives the supplier's confirming email, OMI Mexico applies to the Monterrey branch of National Bank of Mexico (Banamex) for the necessary letter of credit. Banamex issues the letter of credit and sends it to China Merchant Bank for confirmation and transmittal to the supplier. The letter of credit promises to pay the supplier's draft, if it is accompanied by the supplier's commercial invoice for the order, a negotiable bill of lading for the cargo, and a certificate of insurance. After the supplier in China receives the confirmed letter of credit, it assembles the order and arranges for transportation from the port of Shenzhen, China, to the buyer's plant in Monterrey, Mexico, and pays for an insurance policy against damage to the cargo. For the most recent shipment, the supplier arranged for transportation with Kawasaki Shipping Company, Ltd. (Kawasaki), a Japanese company. Once the containers containing OMI Mexico's order are loaded onto Kawasaki's ship, The Good Fortune, the ship issued its bill of lading, which was a negotiable bill of lading combined with a multimodal contract of carriage. The contract of carriage provided for the transportation of the cargo by sea to a port on Mexico's west coast, where the containers would be transferred to railcars that carry them to OMI Mexico's plant in Monterrey. The bill of lading/contract of carriage provided that COGSA governed the contract, that COGSA applied to both the sea and land portions of the journey, and that COGSA covered any third persons who handled the cargo and who were not parties to the contract. When the supplier received the bill of lading from The Good Fortune, it assembled its documents and presents them to China Merchants Bank for payment under the letter of credit. After inspecting the documents, the bank paid the supplier and forwarded the documents to Banamex for reimbursement. When the shipment arrived at OMI Mexico's plant in Monterrey, the buyer opened the shipping containers. There are three containers in total. The components in one of the containers were damaged, but the components in the other two were fine. The personnel opening and unloading the containers were surprised to see that the supplier had used a new type of packaging in shipping the order. The new kind of packaging had failed to protect all of the components from damage, although it had been adequate for two-thirds of the components. OMI Mexico asked Banamex to pay only two-thirds of the letter of credit, but the bank replied that it had already reimbursed China Merchants Bank. OMI Mexico emailed the supplier about the damage to some of the components, noting that the new type of packaging had been insufficient to protect the components during their journey. OMI Mexico attached photos of the damaged components and asked the supplier to reimburse it for one-third of the contract price within ten days. The supplier replied that it would replace the damaged components for free and ship them with OMI Mexico's next order. Essay Question No. 1(a): What recourse does OMI Mexico have against its supplier, its bank, the shipping line, the railroad, or against the insurance company that insured the cargo against damage? OMI Mexico assembled meters from the undamaged components and packed them in cartons that bore the following legend: "Engineered in Oklahoma City, assembled in Mexico from imported components." OMI Mexico then loaded the meters onto trucks for transport to Oklahoma City for delivery to OMI's customers. When the trucks reached Mexico's border with the United States, the United States refused to allow the meters into the United States unless OMI paid the US duty on components from China that were incorporated into the meters. OMI Mexico paid the duty under protest, and the meters were admitted into the United States. Essay Question No. 1(b): Is OMI entitled to a refund of the US import duties collected at the Mexico-US border? When the trucks crossed the Red River into Oklahoma from Texas and made the required stop at the Oklahoma state truck weighing station, the drivers were informed that the meters' labelling violated Oklahoma state law and could not be transported or sold in Oklahoma until the labels conformed to state law by listing the country or countries of origin of the meters' imported components. The trucks were directed to a side parking area and their cargo was impounded by the state. Essay Question No. 1(c): What should OMI do about the impounded meters?
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