KP and KC describe the same equilibrium, so a fixed relationship connects them. Starting from the ideal gas equation P=(n/V)RT and noting that active mass equals molar concentration n/V, each species' partial pressure can be written as (concentration)×RT; substituting this into the KP expression and comparing with KC gives
KP=KC(RT)Δng
where Δng is the difference between the total moles of gaseous products and the total moles of gaseous reactants in the balanced equation. Three regimes follow: Δng=0 gives KP=KC exactly (e.g. H2+I2⇌2HI, or ammonia synthesis's own KC/KP=(RT)2 inverse case where Δng=−2 gives KP=KC(RT)−2, so KC/KP=(RT)2); Δng>0 gives KP>KC (e.g. PCl5⇌PCl3+Cl2, where Δng=+1, so KC/KP=1/(RT)); and Δng<0 gives KP<KC (e.g. 2SO2+O2⇌2SO3). …