What is the effect of decreasing the volume of the reaction mixture? What is the effect of decreasing the volume of the reaction mixture? Decreasing the volume causes the reaction to shift right. Decreasing the volume causes the reaction to shift left. Decreasing the volume does not cause any shift.

By decreasing the volume, the equilibrium will shift to the side with the smallest amount of particles

Explanation:

Step 1: Data given

The principle of Le Chatelier says:

When the volume is decreased, the equilibrium will shift to the side of the smallest number of particles.

2NOBr(g) ⇌ 2NO(g)+Br2(g)

In the following example, we have 2 moles of NOBr (on the left side) and 3 moles of gas on the right side. This means the left side, the reactant side, has the smallest number of particles.

The equilibrium will here shift to the left side, the side of NOBr.

In the following example

2NO2(g) ⇌ N2O4(g)

We have 2moles of NO2 on the left side and 1 mol of N2O4 on the right side.

By decreasing the volume, the equilibrium will shift to the side of the smallest number of moles. Here this is the right side, the side of N2O4.

a mercury barometer is a device that uses the physical properties of mercury in a tube to measure barometric pressure. mercury barometers are used for : -

1. measurement of atmospheric pressure  

2. determining the altitude of a place

3. weather forecasting

4. calibration and checking of aneroid barometers

5. application in fluid mechanics

6. measurement of pressure in aircrafts

7. surface weather analysis

8. preparation of barographs

9. usage in physical sciences like physics, astronomy & chemistry

10. preparation of aircraft altimeters

characteristics of mercury barometer : -

1.used to define and measure atmospheric pressure.

2.on the average at sea level the column of mercury rises to a height of about 760 mm.

3.this quantity is equal to 1 atmosphere.

4.it is also known as standard atmospheric pressure.

5.a barometer in which the weight of a column of mercury in a glass tube with a sealed top is balanced against that of the atmosphere pressing on an exposed cistern of mercury at the base of the mercury column, the height of the column varying with atmospheric pressure.

particle   p is an electron and particle q is a neutron