Question

Le Chatelier’s principle describes the way that a reaction atequilibrium will respond if that equilibrium is somehow disturbed.Imagine that you have a reversible reaction you want to performthat produces a very valuable product but the equilibrium constantfor the process is very low. Using the 3 definitions of equilibriumpresented in lecture as your framework, explain in no more than 1paragraph how the yield of reaction can be greatly increased(meaning reactants are more extensively converted into products) byapplying Le Chatliers principle.

The 3 definitions we learned in lecture:

1. rate of forward reaction= rate of reverse reaction

2. no observable change in [reactants] or [products]

3. no change in energy

*rate, concentration, energy