Consider the following equilibrium process.
Predict the direction of the shift in equilibrium when (a) the temperature is raised, (b) more chlorine gas is added to the reaction mixture, (c) some PCl3 is removed from the mixture, (d) the pressure on the gases is increased, (e) a catalyst is added to the reaction mixture.
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