EXPERIMENT 7
EQUILIBRIA: LE CHATELIER’S PRINCIPLE
Pre-Laboratory Questions g=
- Give three conditions that will promote the forward reaction in an equilibrium.
- The following equilibrium is formed when copper and bromide ions are placed in a solution:
heat + Cu(H20)6” + 4Br 6H20 + CuBr4-2
(blue) (green)
- Answer the following questions when KBr is added to the solution:
- What will happen to the equilibrium?
- What will be the color of the solution?
- Will the solution be hotter or cooler? Explain.
- What will be the color of the solution when the solution is heated?
- In the equilibrium of acetic acid explain what will happen to the pH of the solution when sodium acetate (CH3COONa) is added to the solution.
CH3COOH(.0 + + H30+,,
- A state of dynamic equilibrium exists in the silver(I) carbonate solution. Ag2CO34, 2Ag+ + CO32-4,
- Will the equilibrium shift towards products or reactants when Ag2CO3(0 is added to the solution?
- Where will the equilibrium shift when Ag2CO3(.) is added to the solution?
- How will the equilibrium be affected when HC1,4 is added to the solution?