A liquid solvent for chlorine is poured into a flask in which the following reaction is at equilibrium: PC l 5 (g) PC l 3 (g) + C l 2 (g) + heat. How is the equilibrium affected when some of the chlorine gas dissolves?
Chem 111 Introductory Chemistry I University of Massachusetts, Amherst Professor Surampudi Lecture 1 Office Hours: Tuesday 10:0012:00 Wednesday 2:004:00 Thursday 12:002:00 Office: Integrated Science Building Email: surampudi@umass.edu SI Leader: Andrew Shpyrko What isn’t Chemistry ● Everything is chemistry medicine, energy, life, conservation, biology ● Chemistry is a central science Chemistry ● Science of matter and changes ● Composition, structure, properties, reaction of matter (especially of atomic and molecular systems) Why is chemistry difficult ● Has its own language ○ Water ■ Molecular formula = H2O ■ Structural formu
