According to Le Chatelier’s principle, adding heat to a solid and liquid equilibriumA. Temperature to increaseB. Temperature to decreaseC. Amount of liquid to decreaseD. Amount of solid to decrease
Le Chatelier’s principle states that if a dynamic equilibrium is disturbed by changing the conditions, the position of equilibrium will shift to counteract the change.
For a solid-liquid equilibrium, adding heat to the system generally causes the equilibrium to shift towards the endothermic direction. In this case, if the solid is melting into a liquid, then the heat is absorbed by the process of melting. Thus, the system will shift to favor the formation of more liquid in response to the added heat.
Therefore, the correct answer is:
C. Amount of liquid to increase
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