Question

Think about how you can use Le Chatelier’s principle to find possible solutions to the design problem. Describe at least two ways to increase the yield (amount) of ammonia based on this principle.

Answer 1

The La Chatelier's principle suggests that changes in the products of the design, we can increase the pressure of the equilibrium when we do this it will shift towards the side with fewer moles of gas of the reaction, and when there is a decrease in pressure, the equilibrium will shift towards the side with more moles of gas of the reaction.

Then we can also add hydrogen gas, by doing this it will increase the concentration of the reactants side, so the reaction will be shifted to the right side to suppress the increase in the concentration of hydrogen gas by addition that increase the yield of ammonia.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

1) Increasing the pressure.

2) Adding hydrogen gas.

Step-by-step explanation:

Le Châtelier's principle states that when there is an dynamic equilibrium, and this equilibrium is disturbed by an external factor, the equilibrium will be shifted in the direction that can cancel the effect of the external factor to reattain the equilibrium.

For the reaction N₂(g) + 3H₂(g) ⇌ 2NH₃(g):

1) Increasing the pressure:

• When there is an increase in pressure, the equilibrium will shift towards the side with fewer moles of gas of the reaction. And when there is a decrease in pressure, the equilibrium will shift towards the side with more moles of gas of the reaction.

• The reactants side (left) has 4.0 moles of gases and the products side (right) has 2.0 moles of gases.

So, increasing the pressure will shift the reaction to the side with lower moles of gas (right side) that increase the yield (amount) of ammonia.

2) Adding hydrogen gas:

• Adding hydrogen gas will increase the concentration of the reactants side, so the reaction will be shifted to the right side to suppress the increase in the concentration of hydrogen gas by addition that increase the yield (amount) of ammonia.