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**THIS IS CHEM 152. CHEGG WONT LET ME PUT 152 FOR SOME REASON** 1) How does chan

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**THIS IS CHEM 152. CHEGG WONT LET ME PUT 152 FOR SOME REASON**

1) How does changing concentration of a species involved in the equilibrium affect an

equilibrium mixture? To answer this question, please address these scenarios:

a) What happens if you add more of a reactant?

b) What happens if you add a chemical that reacts with one of the reactants?

c) What happens if you remove a product?

2) How does decreasing the temperature of a system at equilibrium alter the equilibrium state if the reaction is a) exothermic? And b) endothermic?

3) Ksp is the equilibrium constant for the process of dissolving an ionic compound in water:

MX(s) ? M+(aq) + X

Explanation / Answer

let the reaction be

A <---> B

now at equilibrium K = [B]/[A]

if more reactant added [A] increase so as to keep K constant B also increases so reaction moves in forward direction


if a chemical that reacts with A is added the concentration of A decreases hence [A] decreases

so as to keep K constant raction moves in backward direction to increase [A] and decrease [B]


if product is removed [B] decreases so reaction moves in forward direction to keep K constant


2)

if reaction is exothermic and temperature is dectrased the reaction moves in forward direction or decreasing temp favours the exothermic reaction

if reaction is endothermic opposite occours