CHM 1311 Lecture 14: Chemistry Lecture 14

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHM 1311
• Professor: Darrin Richeson

Document Summary

Equilibrium two opposing processes taking place at equal rates no net. All reactions are reversible and under suitable conditions will reach a state of equilibrium. At equilibrium, the concentrations of products and reactants no longer change because the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are equal. Chemical equilibrium is a dynamic state because reactions continue to occur, but because they occur at the same rate, no net change is observed on the macroscopic level. 4 (g) some of which reacts to form no (brown) At some time, the color stops changing and we have a mixture of n. Chemical equilibrium is the point at which the concentrations of all species are constant. The point at which the rate of decomposition: n. O (g) 2no equals the rate of dimerization: 2no is dynamic equilibrium. (g) n. The equilibrium is dynamic because the reaction has not stopped: the opposing rates are equal. For an equilibrium we write a b.