Ethyl acetate, a solvent used in many fingernail-polish removers, is made by the reaction of acetic acid with ethanol:
Does the amount of ethyl acetate in an equilibrium mixture increase or decrease when the temperature is increased how does K change when the temperature is decreased?
Justify your answers using Le Chatelier’s principle.
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