CHM 11600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Inert Gas, Reaction Quotient, Stoichiometry
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Chm 11600 - general chemistry - lecture 9_le chatelier"s principle. If a system at equilibrium is disturbed (stressed by a change in temperature, pressure or concentration, the system will shift its equilibrium position to counteract the stress. Special note: for compounds in the reaction but not in the reaction quotient (solids and liquids), changing the amount does not constitute a. Le chatelier stress you must remove the compound completely. For a gas-phase reaction, changing the volume of the container changes all of the pressures (concentrations). To counteract the stress: if the pressures were increased by changing the volume the reaction will shift to the side with fewer gas moles in order to decrease the pressure: n2 + 3h2 decreased and vice versa. 3 shifts to right when the volume is. Special note: if a pressure stress is applied to an equilibrium system with the same number of gas moles on both sides, there will be no shift.