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Le Chatelier’s Principle. Disrupting Equilibrium. Equilibrium can be disrupted by: changing concentrations of reactants and/or products changing the temperature changing the pressure (gaseous reactions)
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Disrupting Equilibrium Equilibrium can be disrupted by: • changing concentrations of reactants and/or products • changing the temperature • changing the pressure (gaseous reactions) When equilibrium is disrupted, the rate of the forward rxn no longer equals the rate of the reverse rxn
Le Chatelier’s Principle • a way of predicting what happens to the relative rates of the forward and reverse reactions when equilibrium is disrupted The Law: • when a system at equilibrium is upset, the system responds by changing in a way which counteracts ( undoes) the disturbance • eventually equilibrium is restored
Changing Volume NOTE: only impacts reactions involving gases
Examples 1) N2O4 (g) 2 NO2 (g) ΔH = + 24kJ/mol colourless brown
Examples 1) N2O4 (g) 2 NO2 (g) ΔH = + 24kJ/mol colourless brown
Example 1) N2O4 (g) 2 NO2 (g) ΔH = + 24kJ/mol colourless brown
Examples 1) N2O4 (g) 2 NO2 (g) ΔH = + 24kJ/mol colourless brown
Examples 1) N2O4 (g) 2 NO2 (g) ΔH = + 24kJ/mol colourless brown
Examples 1) N2O4 (g) 2 NO2 (g) ΔH = + 24kJ/mol colourless brown
Showing LCP Graphically T new equilibrium Initial equilibrium rate of forward greater than rate of reverse
Impact of Temperature on K Ex. From the previous graph, calculate K for the initial equilibrium and for the new equilibrium. On board
Example [Co(H2O)6 ]2+ (aq) + 4Cl- (aq) CoCl42- (aq) + 6 H2O (l) Pink Blue
Example [Co(H2O)62+ (aq) + 4Cl- (aq) CoCl42- (aq) + 6 H2O (l) Pink Blue
Example [Co(H2O)62+ (aq) + 4Cl- (aq) CoCl42- (aq) + 6 H2O (l) Pink Blue
Example [Co(H2O)62+ (aq) + 4Cl- (aq) CoCl42- (aq) + 6 H2O (l) Pink Blue
Example [Co(H2O)62+ (aq) + 4Cl- (aq) CoCl42- (aq) + 6 H2O (l) Pink Blue Based on the observations, is the forward rxnendo or exothermic?
Example [Co(H2O)62+ (aq) + 4Cl- (aq) CoCl42- (aq) + 6 H2O (l) Pink Blue Based on the observations, is the forward rxnendo or exothermic? ENDO