EQUALIBRIUM - equilibrium (Le Chateliers Principle)

11 important questions on EQUALIBRIUM - equilibrium (Le Chateliers Principle)

What effect does changing concentration do?

  1. Adding a substance: system will shift to consume it
  2. Removing a substance: system will shift to create it
  3. Addition of liquids and solids gives no change


**This follows the equilibrium constant equation**

How to change the pressure?

  1. By adding or subtracting substances
  2. Adding inert gas (inert gas is not involved in the reaction)
  3. Changing the volume

What are the effects of changing the volume?

  1. Increasing volume : shifts to increase total number of gas molecules
  2. Decrease volume : shifts to decrease total number of gas molecules



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What are the effects of a catalyst?

  • Has no effects
  • Only affects how quickly it reaches equilibrium

Does temperature affect equilibrium constant?

  • Yes it does
  • change in temp = change in equilibrium constant

What are EXOTHERMIC REACTIONS?

  • Heat is being released (on products side
  • negative ΔH
  • gives off heat to the surroundings

What are ENDOTHERMIC REACTIONS?

  • Heat is being absorbed by the system
  • positive ΔH
  • On reactants side

What are the two types of Equilibrium Calculations?

  1. Given Equilibrium concentrations and pressure : Find K
  2. Given K : Find Equilibrium concentrations and pressure

How do you solve the K values?

  1. Intermediate K = solve exactly
  2. Small K = approximation
  3. Large K = approximation

How to calculate Equilibrium Constants

1. Write the balanced reaction for K, the calculate for Q
2. Make the ICE table
     I - Initial
     C - Change
     E - Equilibrium
3. Put into the equilibrium equation to find K

When given a large K problem what must you do?

  1. Must let reaction go to completion (K forward is too large)
  2. Let reverse reaction establish equilibrium (back reaction)


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