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The reation between sulfur dioxide and oxygen is a dynamic equilibrium. what happens when the pressure of the system is

increased ?


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In the above reaction, sulfur dioxide and oxygen react together to form sulfur trioxide. This means that an increase in pressure would move the equilibrium to the right and result in more sulfur trioxide being formed. Pressure can only affect the position of equilibrium if there is a change in the total gas volume.

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