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Qualitative Changes in Equilibrium Systems Jeff: Today was pretty much a work period so you didn't miss

much, but help yourself to my notes if you want them.


Friday, November 14, 2008
1:42 PM
In 1884, Henry Louis Le Châtelier (1850-1936) made observations of chemical systems at equilibrium, his Homework
studies developed what is now known as… 1. Read: Section 7.3 pg 450-460
Le Châtelier's When a chemical system is disturbed by a change in a property, the system a. Q#1-6 pg 457
- b. Q#1-6 pg 459
Principle adjusts in a way that opposes the change.
2. Read Section 7.4 pg 461-462
To apply Le Châtelier's Principle, you start with an initial equilibrium, then a 'non-equilibrium' shifting a. Q#1 pg 461
state, followed by a new equilibrium. One application was Fritz Haber using Le Châtelier's Principle to b. Q#1 pg 462 (Section Questions)
create an economic process for the production of ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen. c. Q#3,4 pg 462

Le Châtelier's Principle and Concentration Changes


If more reactant is added to a system at equilibrium, it will undergo an equilibrium shift

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