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Q.When volume of the equilibrium reaction C

(g) + H2O
(g) ⇌ CO
(g) + H2
(g) is increased at constant temperature the equilibrium will
a. shift from left to right
b. shift from right to left
c. be unaltered
d. can not be predicted
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Step 1. This is the classic water-gas equilibrium, C(s)+H2O(g)⇌CO(g)+H2(g)C(s)+H_2O(g)\rightleftharpoons CO(g)+H_2(g), where carbon is a solid and only H2O, CO and H2 count as gaseous species in the equilibrium (the printed '(g)' after carbon is taken here as the standard water-gas reaction, since real carbon in this well-known reaction is solid).

Step 2. Counting gas moles: reactant side has 1 mole of gas (H2O); product side has 2 moles of gas (CO + H2). So Δn(gas)=2−1=+1\Delta n(\text{gas})=2-1=+1. …

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