Carbon has a higher boiling point.
Answer:
According to Le Chatelier's principle, increasing the reaction temperature of an exothermic reaction causes a shift to the left and decreasing the reaction temperature causes a shift to the right.
Explanation:
C6H12O6(s) + 6O2(g) ⇌6CO2(g) + 6H2O(g)
We are told that the forward reaction is exothermic, meaning heat is removed from the reacting substance to the surroundings.
According to Le Chatelier's principle,
1. for an exothermic reaction, on increasing the temperature, there is a shift in equilibrium to the left and formation of the product is favoured.
2. if the temperature of the system is decreased, the equilibrium shifts to right and the formation of the reactants is favoured.
3. if the reaction temperature is kept constant, the system is at equilibrium and there is no shift to the right nor to the left.
"The reaction will absorb energy" is the best conclusion according to the energy diagram of the chemical reaction.
<u>Option: B</u>
<u>Explanation:</u>
The chemical bonds in the reactions are broken and formed as per process and contributed by three major steps: reactants, transition phase and product formation. Here transition phase is in equilibrium stage drived by activation energy, where bond is partially formed and partially broken, located at higher energy level then the starters.
The reactant's energy level is less relative to the products as seen in the endothermic reactions' energy diagram, which depicts that the products are less balanced than reactants. Here when the reaction is forced to the forward direction, then it direct towards the more unbalance entities. As energy is absorbed in the endothermic reaction from surrounding, thus the enthalpy change (ΔH) for the reaction is positive.