Answer to Question #311406 in General Chemistry for Victoria

Question

A safety valve in the reaction vessel is temporarily opened to release the high

pressure gasses. Describe the effect it has on the equilibrium position and the

equilibrium constant K.

Answer 1

According to Le Chatelier's principle when the pressure decrease, equilibrium shifts to the side of the reaction with the greater number of moles of gas. Constant of equilibrium is not change.