Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change 7th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 007351117X
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-117-7

Chapter 17 - Problems - Page 772: 17.72

Answer

(a) Less reactants. (b) Less reactants. (c) Less reactants. (d) More reactants.

Work Step by Step

Increasing the temperature favors the endothermic reactions (with positive $\Delta H^o_{rxn}$), and decreasing it favors the exothermic reactions (negative $\Delta H^o_{rxn}$). Therefore: if the forward reaction is endothermic, decreasing the temperature favors reactants, if it is exothermic, decreasing the temperature favors products. (a) Negative: Exothermic: Favors Products: Less reactants. (b) Negative: Exothermic: Favors Products: Less reactants. (c) Exothermic: Favors Products: Less reactants. (d) Endothermic: Favors Reactants: More reactants.
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