Chapter 9, Problem 9.88CP

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The direction in which equilibrium shifts by removing vapors of inhaled anesthetic from the liquid and gas equilibrium.

Introduction:

In a chemical reaction, the products formed from the collision of reactants can again dissociate to form reactions; two reactants simultaneously react to form products and products also react to form reactants. This means that the reaction is favorable in both the directions. The reactions of such type are said to be in equilibrium when the rate of forward reaction becomes equal to the rate of backward reaction.