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Consider the following equilibrium reaction having gaseous reactants and products.4HCl + O2 ⇌ 2H2O + Cl2Which of the following would result from increasing the volume of hydrochloric acid?

Consider the following equilibrium reaction having gaseous reactants and products-example-1
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According to what is known about chemical equilibrium and Le Chatelier's principle, when you increase the amount of the reactants, the reaction will be moved to the products, this is because, the most reactants we have the most products we can produce.

From the given choices, the one that goes according to this reason is the third one: The volume of water vapor increases.

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