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JEE Main 2017Chemical Equilibrium Question with Solution

JEE Main 2017 (09 Apr Online)

Question

The following reaction occurs in the Blast Furnace where iron ore is reduced to iron metal:

Fe2O3s+3COg  2Fe l+3CO2g

Using the Le Chatelier's principle, predict which one of the following will not disturb the equilibrium?

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Show full solutionCorrect option: C
Correct answer
CAddition of Fe2O3

Step-by-step explanation

It is heterogeneous equilibrium Fe is liquid Fe2O3  is solid whose active mass is taken to be unity so, it will not be considered in kp, kc,& kx expresssion.
So, it will not disturb the equilibrium

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