One Question per Day (April 15, 2018)
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Does increasing the temperature shift the thermodynamic equilibrium of the methanation reaction of CO and H2 (CO+3H2→CH4+H2O) to the left or to the right? Why? Move to the left, as it is an exothermic reaction
To the right. As the temperature increases, the equilibrium constant increases, causing the equilibrium to shift in the direction of the forward reaction
Increasing the temperature favors a shift of the thermodynamics of the methanation reaction of CO and H2 (CO+3H2→CH4+H2O) to the left? Exothermic reaction
Move to the left, as it is an exothermic reaction.
Thermodynamic equilibrium shifts to the left. The methanation reaction is a highly exothermic reaction; it accelerates at high temperatures, while low temperatures favor a shift of the methanation equilibrium to the right.
Move to the left, as it is an exothermic reaction