The following reaction is important in gold mining: 4 Au1s2 + 8 C...

Question

The following reaction is important in gold mining: 4 Au1s2 + 8 CN-1aq2 + O21g2 + 2 H2O1l2 ∆ 4 Au1CN22-1aq2 + 4 OH-1aq2For a reaction mixture at equilibrium, in which direction would the reaction go to reestablish equilibrium after each of the following changes?
(a) Adding gold

Accepted Answer

Hello everyone today. We have the following problem. Consider the following reaction at equilibrium. Identify which direction the reaction will shift after you as a solid is added to the mixture. So the first thing we wanna do is we want to note that you is a solid and according to Lash outliers principle, the air's principal. This states that solids have no overall effect on the equilibrium. So solids have no effect on the equilibrium. And so due to this, we can conclude that there will be no shift present when we add you as a solid form. And so with that we've answered the question overall. I hope this helped and until next time.

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