Atom is the smallest indivisible particle of matter.
On June 21, as seen from the North pole ...
-- the sun has been up, and it's been light outside,
for the past three months ... ever since March 21 .
-- The sun won't set, and it won't be dark outside,
for another three months ... until September 21.
-- Here at the North pole, it stays daylight for six months straight.
Today, on June 21, we're exactly halfway through the period of
continuous daylight.
Answer:
Choice d. No effect will be observed as long as other factors (temperature, in particular) are unchanged.
Explanation:
The equilibrium constant of a reaction does not depend on the pressure. For this particular reaction, the equilibrium quotient is:
![Q = \displaystyle \frac{[\mathrm{SO_2\, (g)}]}{[\mathrm{O_2\, (g)}]}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=Q%20%3D%20%5Cdisplaystyle%20%5Cfrac%7B%5B%5Cmathrm%7BSO_2%5C%2C%20%28g%29%7D%5D%7D%7B%5B%5Cmathrm%7BO_2%5C%2C%20%28g%29%7D%5D%7D)
.
Note that the two sides of this balanced equation contain an equal number of gaseous particles. Indeed, both ![[\mathrm{SO_2\, (g)}]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5B%5Cmathrm%7BSO_2%5C%2C%20%28g%29%7D%5D)
and ![[\mathrm{O_2\, (g)}]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5B%5Cmathrm%7BO_2%5C%2C%20%28g%29%7D%5D)
will increase if the pressure is increased through compression. However, because 
and 
have the same coefficients in the equation, their concentrations are raised to the same power in the equilibrium quotient 
.
As a result, the increase in pressure will have no impact on the value of 
. If the system was already at equilibrium, it will continue to be at an equilibrium even after the change to its pressure. Therefore, no overall effect on the equilibrium position should be visible.
