Consider the reaction How will the equilibrium shift when hydrogen gas is removed? View Available Hint(s) The system will shift toward the reactants. The system will shift toward the products. The reaction will shift toward both the reactants and products. The reaction will not shift toward either the products or reactants.

When hydrogen gas is removed from the reaction mixture, the equilibrium will shift toward the reactants. This occurs because according to Le Chatelier's principle, a system at equilibrium will adjust to counteract any changes made to it. By removing hydrogen, the system attempts to increase the concentration of hydrogen again, which means the reaction will favor the formation of the reactants to restore equilibrium. To further clarify, if the equilibrium reaction is represented as A + B ⇌ C + D, the removal of one of the components (in this case, hydrogen which is either A or a part of the reactants) disrupts the balance. This prompts a shift to the left, creating more of the original reactants in an effort to re-establish that desired balance of concentrations.