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Temperature Stress via Q vs. K

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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.

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Heating an exothermic reaction, which releases heat as if it were a product, shifts the equilibrium back toward reactants.

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Temperature changes K's value; concentration and volume changes only move Q.