CHEM 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Chemical Equilibrium, Equilibrium Constant, Brad Delson

• School: U of M
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 130
• Professor: Carol Ann Castaneda

Document Summary

If the concentration of one of the reactants or products is zero, the system will shift in the direction that produces the missing component. To reach equilibrium, a net change of products to reactants must occur. The system shifts to the left, consuming products and forming reactants, until equilibrium is achieved: q is less than k. in this case, the ratio of initial concentration of products to initial concentrations of reactants is too small. List the initial concentrations concentrations by applying the change to the initial concentrations. If a component (reactant or product) is added to a reaction system at equilibrium (at constant t and p or constant t and v), the equilibrium position will shift in the direction that lowers the concentration of that component. If energy is added to this system at equilibrium by heating it, le chatelier"s principle predicts that the shift will be in the direction that consumes energy.