Consider an equilibrium mixture of ammonium chloride, ammonia, and hydrogen chloride: NH4Cl(s)  ⇄⇄  NH3(g)  +  HCl(g) a. If you add a little solid NH4Cl to the mixture, what will happen to the mass of NH3? b. If you add a little gaseous NH3 to the mixture, what will happen to the mass of HCl? c. If you add a little gaseous HCl to the mixture, what will happen to the mass of NH4Cl?

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Consider an equilibrium mixture of ammonium chloride, ammonia, and hydrogen chloride: NH4Cl(s)  ⇄⇄  NH3(g)  +  HCl(g)

a. If you add a little solid NH4Cl to the mixture, what will happen to the mass of NH3?

b. If you add a little gaseous NH3 to the mixture, what will happen to the mass of HCl?

c. If you add a little gaseous HCl to the mixture, what will happen to the mass of NH4Cl?

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