Le Chatelier’s Principle Sample Exercises

I. A prankster added a dye to the solution of chromate and dichromate. One solution was
color blue while the other was green. When muriatic acid was added to the two
solutions, they both turned to blue. When a solution of lye was added, both became
green. From what you know on chromate-dichromate equilibrium, which ion is
dominant in the blue solution? In the green solution?

II. Given: CO (g) + Cl2(g)  COCl2 (g) + 107.6 kJ

Use the symbols: (+) for increase, (-) for decrease, (0) for no change,
(L) for left, (R) for right and (I) for impossible to predict.
Direction
Value
Imposed Condition [CO] [Cl2] [COCl2] of
of K
Reaction
1. +CO is added at constant volume
and temperature
2. +COCl2 is added at constant
volume and temperature
3. increase in V at constant
temperature
4. increase in T at constant volume
5. +COCl2 + Cl2 at constant volume
and temperature
6.- Cl2 at constant volume and
temperature
7. +COCl2, inc. volume and inc.
temperature
8. , inc. volume and inc.
temperature
9. , inc. volume and dec.
temperature
10. +CO, dec. temperature at
constant volume