Chemistry / Unit 10 Chem 1789 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Temperature Stress via Q vs. K
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The idea
Raising temperature changes K itself, rising for an endothermic reaction, falling for an exothermic one; treating heat as a reactant or product predicts the shift's direction.
In practice
Heating an exothermic reaction, which releases heat as if it were a product, shifts the equilibrium back toward reactants.
Where people slip
Temperature changes K's value; concentration and volume changes only move Q.
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