Timeline for Why are pressure or volume not able to change the equilibrium constant?
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| May 11, 2020 at 7:39 | comment | added | Buck Thorn♦ | You should be careful not to confuse the student further, because it is likely that the question arises from a misunderstanding of the difference between equilibrium constants in general and standard equilibrium constants. Also, you invoke Le Chateliers principle as the reason that the equilibrium constant is invariant, but this is not the true reason why the constant does not change. | |
| May 10, 2020 at 20:19 | history | edited | ACR | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 10, 2020 at 20:19 | comment | added | ACR | @Zratos, I edited the answer. | |
| May 10, 2020 at 18:43 | comment | added | Zratos | "the equilibrium concentrations will change in such a way that their ratio remains constant"How is it any different from temperature changing the equilibrium concentrations? Why do pressure change in the way described? | |
| May 10, 2020 at 18:38 | comment | added | ACR | Right, I was thinking about it but didn't want to confuse the student. | |
| May 10, 2020 at 18:35 | comment | added | Buck Thorn♦ | Splitting hairs here but if you perform an adiabatic expansion on a gas its temperature drops. | |
| May 10, 2020 at 18:32 | history | answered | ACR | CC BY-SA 4.0 |