Question

According to Le Chatelier’s principle, what happens when the concentration of a product is reduced in a chemical reaction that was in equilibrium?

Answer 1

LeChatelier's Principal stated the system or the reversible process that is no longer at equilibrium due to the stress, will proceed or have the reaction proceed more in one manner, until equilibrium is achieved again.

In this case, the rate of the forward reaction is increased temporarily to produce more products, until the rates will be equal at equilibrium again.

Answer 2

Explanation:

According to Le Chatelier's principle, any disturbance caused in an equilibrium reaction will tend to shift the equilibrium in a direction away from the disturbance.

Therefore, when concentration of products is reduced then the equilibrium will shift in the forward direction because in the forward direction there is less disturbance as compared to the reactant side.

Thus, we can conclude that according to Le Chatelier’s principle, when the concentration of a product is reduced in a chemical reaction that was in equilibrium then reaction will proceed in the forward direction.