What does Le Chatelier's principle say happens to an equilibrium when temperature is changed or a catalyst is added?

The temperature moves the equilibrium differently depending on if the forwards reaction is exothermic or endothermic. If its endothermic the equilibrium moves to the right giving more products. The addition of a catalyst will only ever increase the rate of reaction and does not change the equilibrium position.

Related Chemistry A Level answers

All answers ▸

Calculating the charge of a molecule e.g In NH4 what is the charge of the nitrogen atom?


(See word doc for complete info) An experiment is carried out whereby the decomposition of hydrogen iodide is observed. Given the equilibrium compositions of each species, calculate the initial mass of hydrogen iodide.


How to formulate and balance a redox equation under acidic conditions


Why do group 3 metals form more acidic aqueous solutions than group 2 metals?