Temperature

[Sophia Dinh 1D]

why does adding heat to an exothermic reaction drive it the other way?

[Jason Wu 1E]

Think about an exothermic reaction as heat produced on the products side of the reactants. If you increase the amount of heat in the system, then the reaction will be driven to the other way in favor of the reactants because in order to remove heat from the system by Le Chatelier's Principle, the reverse reaction (which is endothermic) must be enacted.

[Nathan Nakaguchi 1G]

Say A->B is exothermic, meaning that B is a lower energy state than A.

B is therefore more stable to have, since it is lower energy meaning that the reaction will spontaneously go towards B (until it reaches equilibria)

The less stable A requires more energy to be maintained. So if you add more heat you are adding more available energy for the reaction to use meaning it can afford to make more of the less stable stuff.

[VioletKo3F]

Heat is part of the products in an exothermic reaction. If the temperature is raised, there is more heat and the reaction is driven back to maintain equilibrium.

[Daria MacAuslan 1H]

In an exothermic reaction, heat is exuded once the reaction runs. It is emitted from the reaction proceeding, so you can almost consider it a product of the reaction itself. Thus, if we want to maintain equilibrium in a system, adding more of this product (adding heat/ increasing the temperature) will simply drive the reaction to proceed in the opposite, lacking direction.

[Maya Beal Dis 1D]

So is an ice cube melting an example of an exothermic or endothermic reaction? Because the temperature of the water final is greater than the initial temperature and the difference would therefore be positive is it an endothermic reaction?

[Philomena 4F]

It's endothermic reaction since the ice cube needs to absorb heat for the melting process to occur.

So is an ice cube melting an example of an exothermic or endothermic reaction? Because the temperature of the water final is greater than the initial temperature and the difference would therefore be positive is it an endothermic reaction?