Endothermic Reactions

[Amy Kumar 1I]

Why does adding heat to a reaction drive product formation?

[Hiba Alnajjar_2C]

In an endothermic reaction, heat can be viewed as a reactant. Just as increasing the amount of reactants drives product formation, increasing heat in an endothermic reaction will also drive product formation.

[GFolk_1D]

However, remember that if the reaction is a exothermic reaction, adding heat will result in the formation of reactants

[Lauren Tanaka 1A]

An endothermic reaction means that there will be heat as a reactant since the reaction requires heat. Increasing the heat will therefore result in the formation of products since adding more heat will lead to more product formation.

[Joowon Seo 3A]

In an endothermic reaction, heat can be used to break bonds. Therefore, if you increase the heat (which could be noted as a reactant) by Le Chatelier's principle, the formation of products increases.