Where (RT)^Δn comes from
Gases can be counted two ways: by concentration in mol/L, or by the pressure they push with. The ideal gas law joins them in one line. Start from , divide both sides by , and is exactly a concentration — so . Every gas concentration becomes a pressure by ONE factor of .
Now build from pressures instead of concentrations. Each species drags its own factor of upstairs or downstairs, and what survives is the NET count: , read aloud K-p equals K-c times R T to the delta-n. is the constant built from partial pressures in atmospheres, the one built from concentrations in mol/L, the absolute temperature in kelvin, and here is — the pressure-flavoured R, not the you use for energy.
— say delta-n — is the change in moles of GAS: moles of gaseous product minus moles of gaseous reactant, read straight off the balanced equation. Solids and liquids have no partial pressure, so they never appear in the count; has , not zero. And when the whole factor collapses to 1: , exactly, at every temperature. Free marks, if you look first.