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2NO

2

             

⇌             N2O

4

                                                  Brown Gas                      Colourless Gas

Predict the effect of an increase in pressure on the position of equilibrium:

•  Number of molecules of gas on the left =    2

•  Number of molecules of gas on the right =    1

•  An increase in pressure will cause equilibrium to shift in the direction that produces 

the smaller number of molecules of gas

•  So equilibrium shifts to the right

Effects of concentration:

Example:

Iodine Monochloride reacts reversibly with Chlorine to form Iodine Trichloride.

ICl           +           Cl

2

             

⇌             ICl

3

                                 Dark Brown                                                           Yellow

Predict the effect of an increase in concentration on the position of equilibrium:

•  An increase in the concentration of ICl or Cl

2

 causes the equilibrium to shift to the