Explain Le Chatelier's principal by taking example of the production of ammonia gas formation by the reaction between nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas.
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Le Chatelier's principle (also known as "Chatelier's principle" or "The Equilibrium Law") states that when a system experiences a disturbance (such as concentration, temperature, or pressure changes), it will respond to restore a new equilibrium state.
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Make sure you thoroughly understand the following essential ideas:
A system in its equilibrium state will remain in that state indefinitely as long as it is undisturbed. If the equilibrium is destroyed by subjecting the system to a change of pressure, temperature, or the number of moles of a substance, then a net reaction will tend to take place that moves the system to a new equilibrium state. Le Chatelier's principle says that this net reaction will occur in a direction that partially offsets the change.
The Le Chatelier Principle has practical effect only for reactions in which signficant quantities of both reactants and products are present at equilibrium— that is, for reactions that are thermodynamically reversible.
Addition of more product substances to an equilibrium mixture will shift the equilibrium to the left; addition of more reactant substances will shift it to the right. These effects are easily explained in terms of competing forward- and reverse reactions— that is, by the law of mass action.
If a reaction is exothermic (releases heat), an increase in the temperature will force the equilibrium to the left, causing the system to absorb heat and thus partially ofsetting the rise in temperature. The opposite effect occurs for endothermic reactions, which are shifted to the right by rising temperature.
The effect of pressure on an equilibrium is significant only for reactions which involve different numbers of moles of gases on the two sides of the equation. If the number of moles of gases increases, than an increase in the total pressure will tend to initiate a reverse reaction that consumes some the products, partially reducing the effect of the pressure increase.
The classic example of the practical use of the Le Chatelier principle is the Haber-Bosch process for the synthesis of ammonia, in which a balance between low temperature and high pressure must be found.