Angelica Joyce B.

De Ocampo Chemical Equilibrium Chemical equilibrium is the condition which occurs when the concentration of reactants and products participating in a chemical reaction exhibit no net change over time. Chemical equilibrium may also be called a "steady state reaction." This does not mean the chemical reaction has necessarily stopped occurring, but that the consumption and formation of substances has reached a balanced condition. The quantities of reactants and products have achieved a constant ratio, but they are almost never equal. There may be much more product or much more reactant.
Dynamic Equilibrium Dynamic equilibrium occurs when the chemical reaction continues to proceed, but the amount of products and reactants remain constant. This is one type of chemical equilibrium. Writing the Equilibrium Expression The equilibrium expression for a chemical reaction may be expressed in terms of the concentration of the products and reactants. Only chemical species in the aqueous and gaseous phases are included in the equilibrium expression because the concentrations of liquids and solids does not change. For the chemical reaction: jA + kB lC + mD The equilibrium expression is K = ([C]l[D]m) / ([A]j[B]k) K is the equilibrium constant [A], [B], [C], [D] etc. are the molar concentrations of A, B, C, D etc. j, k, l, m etc. are coefficients in a balanced chemical equation

Equilibrium Constant
The equilibrium constant is calculated from the expression for chemical equilibrium. Learn what the equilibrium constant, how to calculate the equilibrium constant and what it means if the equilibrium constant is very large or very small. Calculating the Equilibrium Constant For the following chemical reaction: aA(g) + bB(g) cC(g) + dD(g) The equilibrium constant Kc is: Kc = [C]c[D]d / [A]a[B]b where: [A], [B], [C], [D] etc. are the molar concentrations of A, B, C, D a, b, c, d etc. are the coefficients in the balanced chemical equation

Significance of the Equilibrium Constant For any given temperature, there is only one value for the equilibrium constant. K c onlychanges if the temperature at which the reaction occurs changes. If the value for Kc is very large, then the equilibrium favors the reaction to the right and there are more products than reactants. The reaction may be said to be "complete" or "quantitative." If the value for the equilibrium constant is small, then the equilibrium favors the reaction to the left and there are more reactants than products. If the value of Kc approaches zero the reaction may be considered not to occur. If the values for the equilibrium constant for the forward and reverse reaction are nearly the same then the reaction is about as likely to proceed in one direction and the other and the amounts of reactants and products will be nearly equal. This type of reaction is considered to be reversible.