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I don't understand why pressure changes the position of equilibrium in a reaction?

When thinking of pressure I like to think of two boxes joined together with the reactants in one and products in the other. When you make the boxes smaller (increase the pressure) the items in the box with m...
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Answered by Heather W. • Chemistry tutor
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Lithium and potassium are both in Group 1 of the periodic table. Explain why.

Li and K both have one electron in their outer shell and therefore perform chemical reactions in a similar way and share certain characteristics.
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How does radiocarbon dating work?

The element carbon can exist as a few different "isotopes" - all this means is that the number of neutrons in the nucleus can vary to give atoms that behave the same way chemically so are still car...
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Define an exothermic reaction.

A reaction in which energy is released into the surroundings by the system.
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Explain why the trend in ionisation energy changes between group 5 and 6

Group 5 and 6 have a different electronic structure, with group 6 having one extra electron that group 5. If we look at Hunds rule, which states that electrons must occupy orbitals individually before pairin...
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