Question

Le Chatelier's principle is applicable to:

• A. chemical equilibrium only
• B. physical equilibrium only
• C. both physical and chemical equilibrium
• D. no equilibrium

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

both physical and chemical equilibrium

Le Chatelier's principle is applicable to both physical and chemical equilibrium. When stress is applied either to physical or chemical equilibrium, the equilibrium will shift in the direction where the effect of the stress is reduced.