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someone smart must know so stuck help help help Equilibrium :S:S:S

this equilibrium reaction needs the following answered :

PCl₅(g) ↔ PCl₃ (g) + Cl₂ (g) DH⁰ = 87.9 kJ

How will the following affect the above equilibrium?
a) increasing the concentration of PCl₅
b) decreasing the concentration of Cl₂
c) increasing the temperature
d) increasing the size of the reaction vessel
e) adding a catalyst

Reply 1

Borek

Do you know Le Chatelier's principle?

Reply 2

Wiggledinho

- use le chateliers principle for the first 4 parts (If a dynamic equilibrium is disturbed by changing the conditions, the position of equilibrium moves to counteract the change)

-for part e, adding catalyst does not affect equilibrium, it only affects the rate by providing alternate pathway for the reaction to occur with a lower activation energy