What is the effect of increasing temperature on an exothermic reaction at equilibrium?
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What is the effect of increasing temperature on an exothermic reaction at equilibrium?
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Increase the rate of reaction
For an exothermic reaction, increasing the temperature shifts the equilibrium to the left, favoring the reactants.
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Q: What is the effect of increasing temperature on an exothermic reaction at equilibrium?
Solution: For an exothermic reaction, increasing the temperature shifts the equilibrium to the left, favoring the reactants.
Steps: 6
Step 1: Understand what an exothermic reaction is. It is a reaction that releases heat.
Step 2: Know that in a chemical reaction at equilibrium, the forward and reverse reactions happen at the same rate.
Step 3: Remember Le Chatelier's Principle, which states that if you change the conditions of a system at equilibrium, the system will adjust to counteract that change.
Step 4: When you increase the temperature of an exothermic reaction, you are adding heat to the system.
Step 5: The system will try to reduce the added heat by favoring the reaction that absorbs heat, which is the reverse reaction (the formation of reactants).
Step 6: Therefore, increasing the temperature shifts the equilibrium to the left, favoring the reactants.
