The industrial synthesis of methanol from carbon monoxide and hydrogen is a reversible reaction:
CO(g)+2H2(g)⇌CH3OH(g) \text{CO(g)} + 2\text{H}_2\text{(g)} \rightleftharpoons \text{CH}_3\text{OH(g)} CO(g)+2H2(g)⇌CH3OH(g)The process is typically carried out at a pressure of 50 atmospheres.
Explain the effect that a pressure higher than 50 atmospheres would have on:
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