 Scenario number 1:

Initially, the container contains only H2 and I2 gas molecules. Describe the movement of the molecules and consider whether or not they interact.
What will you see as the molecules react?
Assume that equilibrium is achieved within 15 minutes. Describe what you will see once the reaction has achieved equilibrium. Can you tell from the information
given whether there will be more reactants or more products at equilibrium?
What will you see 20 minutes after the reaction has achieved equilibrium? Will this situation be different from what you will see 2 minutes after the reaction has
achieved equilibrium? If so, how?

 Scenario number 2:
Now imagine that all of the gas is evacuated so that the container is completely empty of gas molecules. Then the container is refilled with HI molecules only. What
will happen when the HI molecules collide with each other? Will they react, even though they are products of the first reaction?
Describe what you will see after equilibrium has been established in this second system.
Finally, compare the first scenario with the second scenario. What similarities or differences will you find after both systems have reached equilibrium? (Assume
that there is the same number of molecules present in both scenarios.)

<p>Within chemistry, most reactions are reversible. That is, they occur in both the forward and reverse
direction. This is demonstrated in phase changes; water changes into ice under cold temperatures.
Putting the ice in warm temperatures reverses the reaction; the ice turns into water again. Within
reactions, as soon as any product has formed, the reverse reaction begins. Eventually, the reverse
reaction will occur at the same rate as the forward reaction. The reactants will produce products at the
same rate that the products will produce reactants. The amounts of the reactants and the amounts of
the products stop changing; this is dynamic equilibrium. No further net change in macroscopic
properties is observed. </p>

<p> For example, if we viewed a container with a gas mixture composed of H₂ and
I₂ molecules, we would view these gas molecules moving around in continuous, random
motion (this is part of the kinetic-molecular theory). If the molecules hit each other with the correct
orientation and the necessary amount of activation energy, they will react to form gaseous HI molecules
according to the following reaction: H₂(g) + I₂(g) ⇌ 2 HI(g), with the
equilibrium arrow indicating that the reaction does not go to completion, but goes to an intermediate or
equilibrium position. If we assume that the reaction has achieved equilibrium after 15 minutes, then
after 15 minutes, the forward and reverse reactions will continue to occur; nothing stops. However, the
ratio between the reactants and products is constant, and the forward and reverse reactions take place
at the same rate. Even after 20 minutes, the reaction will remain in equilibrium; it will not be different
from what we see after 2 minutes after the reaction has achieved equilibrium. The forward and reverse
reactions are still happening but at the same rate, so the concentrations of reactants and products do
not change; there is no net change.</p>

<p>However, what will happen if we have just HI in the container? The reaction is the same as the above,
except reversed: 2 HI(g) ⇌ H₂(g) + I₂(g). The HI will partially decompose,
causing there to be gaseous hydrogen and iodine molecules to be produced. This continues the reaction;
the H₂ and I₂ molecules collide, and create more HI, while the HI partially
decomposes and more H₂ and I₂ molecules form. The cycle repeats until the
reaction reaches equilibrium; however, once the reaction reaches equilibrium, the reaction does not
stop. Similar to the first example, at equilibrium, the ratio between the reactants and products is
constant, and the forward and reverse reactions take place at the same rate. Visually, examples one and
two are pretty much the same. </p>

<p>The main difference between the first example and the second example is the identity of the
products and the reactants. In the first example, H₂ (g) and I₂ (g) are the
reactants, and they produce HI (g). In the second example, it is the opposite; HI (g) is the reactant, and it
  Scenario number 1:
Initially, the container contains only H2 and I2 gas molecules. Describe the movement of the molecules and consider whether or not they interact.
What will you see as the molecules react?
Assume that equilibrium is achieved within 15 minutes. Describe what you will see once the reaction has achieved equilibrium. Can you tell from the information
given whether there will be more reactants or more products at equilibrium?
What will you see 20 minutes after the reaction has achieved equilibrium? Will this situation be different from what you will see 2 minutes after the reaction has
achieved equilibrium? If so, how?

 Scenario number 2:
Now imagine that all of the gas is evacuated so that the container is completely empty of gas molecules. Then the container is refilled with HI molecules only. What
will happen when the HI molecules collide with each other? Will they react, even though they are products of the first reaction?
Describe what you will see after equilibrium has been established in this second system.
Finally, compare the first scenario with the second scenario. What similarities or differences will you find after both systems have reached equilibrium? (Assume
that there is the same number of molecules present in both scenarios.)

forms H₂ (g) and I₂ (g) as products. Since there is the same amount of
molecules present in both examples, as stated earlier, the reactions look similar visually. There are equal
moles of products and reactants in both examples, since the number of gaseous moles on both sides of
the equation is equal. Since the overall reaction is reversible, the two reactions are the same; it occurs
both in the forward and reverse direction. </p>