Coal, which is primarily carbon, can be converted to natural gas, primarily CH₄, by the exothermic reaction: C(s) + 2 H₂(g) ⇌ CH₄(g) Which disturbance will favor CH₄ at equilibrium?
a. adding more C to the reaction mixture b. adding more H₂ to the reaction mixture d. lowering the volume of the reaction mixture f. adding neon gas to the reaction mixture

Question

Coal, which is primarily carbon, can be converted to natural gas, primarily CH₄, by the exothermic reaction: C(s) + 2 H₂(g) ⇌ CH₄(g) Which disturbance will favor CH₄ at equilibrium?

a. adding more C to the reaction mixture b. adding more H₂ to the reaction mixture d. lowering the volume of the reaction mixture f. adding neon gas to the reaction mixture

Accepted Answer

Hello everyone. So in the problem, we're gonna go ahead and focus on this reaction right over here and saying which of the following will increase the formation of any age three. And we're gonna go ahead and assume that this is an exact thermic reaction. So, if the ration is X. Thermic, then he will be a product. So we'll say eat eggs. A thermic heat is product. In this case, let's go ahead and actually rewrite our equation. Then we'll have still N two gas plus three H two gas equilibrium arrows. And then we'll have to end age three, which is a gas. And we'll also have heat now. And so in a way we're saying that the we're increasing the temperature. If we increase the temperature, let's go ahead and write this at the bottom. I'm just gonna go ahead and move away from heat, which will cause equilibrium to shift to the right, which then makes more reactant. Now, for B, if we decrease the temperature, then we're moving towards the heat. If we meet towards the heat, we're gonna go ahead and have the equilibrium chipped to the left and because we're shifting to the left, then we're gonna go ahead and actually make more products. So we want to go ahead and increase the formation of NH three. NH 3 is a product. This will go ahead and actually make more products. Therefore our final answer is going to be be here where we decrease where we decrease the temperature Because we want more NH three a product. All right, thank you all so much for watching

Coal, which is primarily carbon, can be converted to natural gas, primarily CH₄, by the exothermic reaction: C(s) + 2 H₂(g) ⇌ CH₄(g) Which disturbance will favor CH₄ at equilibrium? c. raising the temperature of the reaction mixture

Verified Solution

Key Concepts

Le Chatelier's Principle

Exothermic Reactions

Equilibrium Constant (K)