removing a reactant

[jonathan chi 1J]

Which direction does a reaction shift when you remove a reactant?

[Aashna Bhandari 1L]

When a reactant is removed from a reaction at equilibrium, the system will shift to the left (towards the reactants) because according to Le Chatelier's principle, the system will want to counteract the change to reestablish the equilibrium, which means it will have to make more products.

[Fiona H 2E]

I agree with the post above, but just to reiterate Le Chatelier's principle, if dynamic equilibrium is disturbed by changing the conditions, the position of equilibrium shifts to counteract the change to reestablish an equilibrium.

[Neelaj Das 3I]

When you remove a reactant, the reaction shifts towards the reactants in order to compensate. As a rule of thumb, you can say that a reaction will always shift towards the direction where something was removed, or away from where something is added.

[Sevde Coban 2J]

Removing a reactant would cause the reaction to go to the left towards the reactants because in order for equilibrium to be restored after removing reactants, more reactants would need to be made.

[Yewon Jang 3K]

when you remove a reactant, the reaction will want to produce more reactants in order to bring it back to the original K value. So, the reaction would go to the left. Hope that helps!

[amara ajon 1d]

Hi,
Removing a reactant will lead to a shift left as, due to LeChatlier's Principle, the chemical reaction will want to move toward whichever direction will most easily restore equilibrium (which would be left in this case as we have removed a reactant from the initial reaction).

[Benjamin Nguyen 1J]

The reaction will shift left to replace the reactant that was removed.

[Genelle Marcelino-Searles 2G]

If you remove a reactant, reaction will shift towards the reactants in order to get back to equilibrium.

[Minoo Bastani 2J]

Removing a reactant will cause the equilibrium to shift to the left in order to favor the production of reactants to re-establish equilibrium.

[Matthew Li 1B]

shifts towards the reactants because the system needs to produce more reactants to keep equilibrium since reactants got removed.

[Jessica Cornelia Hongarta 1G]

According to Le Chatelier's principle, if you add reactants in the system, the reaction will produce more products in order to reestablish equilibrium. Basically, you want to counter the changes in the system to maintain equilibrium.

[Aanjaneyaa]

When you remove a reactant, more reactants are formed. The equation shifts to the left.

[Nicole Ton 3C]

When you remove a reactant, the reaction shifts to the left. This is because according to Le Chatelier's principle, a system will try to lessen the effects of intervention. In this case in which reactant is removed, to minimize the effects of this removal, the reaction will want to make more reactant to make up for the reactant that was taken out. So, the reaction goes in the reverse direction and therefore is shifted to the left.

[daniellediem1k]

if you were to remove some reactant, the equation will shift left to increase the reactant until equilibrium is reached.

[Sarah Wang 1I]

If you remove a reactant, the reaction will shift to the left to make up for the loss of reactants.

[Sarah Hong 2K]

The reaction will shift to the left towards the reactants.

[14b_student 2E]

The reaction should shift to the left!

[Samantha Loc 1B]

Hi there! As everyone else stated, when a reactant is removed, the reaction shifts left and there is an increase in the amount of reactants and a decease in the amount of products. Hope this helps!

[Ivan Huang Dis 3B]

if you remove something, the reaction will shift towards whatever side you removed something from.

[Omar Alami 3H]

The system will always try and compensate for whatever loss in order to get back to equilibrium. When you have reactant removed, the k value goes up and there is less in the denominator now(Q<K). Thus, it will shift left and towards the reactants in order to bring the k back down to equilibrium level.

[Crystal Ros 2L]

When a reactant is removed, the reaction will shift left to account for the reactants that have been taken away. This is because the concentrations between the P and R must remain constant so that the equilibrium constant, K, is maintained.

[danielle05]

When removing a reactant, the reaction shifts to the reactant side in order to replace the removed reactant and restore equilibrium.

[Vanessa_Ong_3F]

When you remove a reactant, the reaction shifts to the reactants because the amount of reactants would decrease in this case, and we want to maintain the value of k. This is based off of Le Chatelier's Principle.

[Karen Nguyen 3E]

The reaction will shift to the left when you remove the reactant. In order for a reaction to be at equilibrium, both sides must have the same ratio, so if you remove reactants, there needs to be more reactants; thus, the equation shifts to that side. hope this helps!

[Dillon Taing 3H]

Le Chatelier's principle illustrates that if a reaction in equilibrium is disturbed from a change in a parameter, then the system will shift its position to restore chemical equilibrium. In this case, removing some reactant concentration will make equilibrium shift to the left side of the equation to regain the lost reactant.

[Kathryn Heinemeier 3H]

When a reactant is removed, the equilibrium will shift to the reactants in order to make up for the removed

[dahlia Faruque]

If you remove a reactant then the direction that the reaction will move to will be the left.

[Darren Apostol 2L]

It'll shift left according to Le Chatelier's principle.

[Jessica Sun 2I]

if a reactant is removed, the reaction will shift to the left and make more reactants

[Macy_Anderson_2F]

According to Le Chatlier's principle, if a reactant is removed the reaction will shift to the left to favor the reactants in order to compensate for the removal and re-establish equilibrium.

[Darren Apostol 2L]

Depends on if the reaction is at equilibrium, but if it is, the reaction will shift left (towards reactants).

[205678283]

when you remove a reactant on the left side, le chatelier's principle is going to want to restore what was lost on the left side to minimize change. therefore, we want to increase the left side reactants, so the reverse reaction will be favored, using products to make more reactants.

[Jane Wang 1E]

According to Le Chatelier principle, removing the reactant will shift the reaction to the left to balance the equilibrium.

[Yajing Feng 2J]

general rule is that when you remove something from one side of the equation, the reaction will shift to that side with the removed substance to replenish it and achieve chemical equilibrium again

[Ashley Johnson 2G]

When you remove a reactant, the system will shift towards the reactants to compensate for the lost reactant.

[HaleyC 2F]

The reaction will shift towards the reactants, because after removing a reactant the system will need to make more reactant to bring the reaction back to equilibrium.

[Alice Weber 3I]

When you remove a reactant, the reaction shifts towards the reactants.

[Lindsey Walter 3E]

When you remove a reactant, equilibrium will shift towards the reactants/reverse reaction.

[Sabira Mohammed 3I]

Reaction shifts to the towards reactants because since you now "don't have enough" reactant, you want to make more to get back to equilibrium

[RCortez_1A]

Removing a reactant will cause a shift to the left/reactants.

[Acharya Ranawat 3E]

Removing a reactant will cause a shift to the left side. This means more reactant will be made. Hope this helps!

[505706331]

when removing a reactant, the reaction would then shift towards the reactants to make up for the "missing" reactant when in equilibrium

[205705413]

The reaction shifts to the left to make up for the lost reactant.

[Madison Kiggins 1E]

Hi, according to Le Chatelier's principle, if reactant is removed, the reaction is going to move to the left (towards the reactants) in order to compensate for what was lost in order to re-establish equilibrium.

[Jessica Sun 2I]

If you remove a reactant, the reaction will shift to the left and more reactants will be made to make up for the loss.

[Ameerah Hameed 3B]

When you remove a reactant the reaction moves in the direction to the left. This is due to the loss of a reactant.

[Amanda Vanner 3B]

If reactants are removed, the reaction will shift towards reactants. This is in order to make up for the reactants that were lost. This means the reaction will shift to the left. I like to remember this by considering that reactants are on the left side of a reaction (P --> reactants)

[Ananya Sridharan]

When you remove a reactant the reaction shifts to the left because there is a higher concentration of products than there should be at equilibirum.

[Natalie Quilala 1I]

A reaction will move to the left when you remove a reactant, as more reactants are now needed to make the reaction go back to equilibrium.

[Mia Orr 3B]

When a reactant is removed, the reaction will shift to the left towards the reactants to compensate for the removal.

[Ruirui Lan]

According to Le Chatelier's principle, after you interfere with a chemical reaction, the reaction will shift in a way that tries to cancel out or counteract with your actions. Therefore, when you apply this principle to the chemical equilibrium when the reactant side is removed, you can know that the reaction will try to compensate for the loss of reactants. Therefore, the reaction will shift to the left, towards the reactants, so that more reactants can be produced and the effects of your interference would be mitigated.

[Caitlyn Lo 2F]

When you remove a reactant, the reaction will shift towards the left in order to replace the reactants that were removed.

[Rebecca Preusch 2C]

left/towards the reactants side/reverse reaction is temporarily favored

[rachelsjordan 1K]

The reaction will shift left to balance out the extra product

[Nicole Friday 1E]

When you remove a reactant, the reaction will shift to the left to bring the system back to equilibrium by replacing the reactant that was removed.