Closed Systems

• What is a closed system in the context of reversible reactions?


  A closed system is one where no reactants are added and no products are removed.
• What is achieved when a reversible reaction occurs in a closed system?


  An equilibrium is achieved when the rate of the forward reaction is equal to the rate of the backward reaction.
• What happens in a closed system during a reversible reaction?


  • No reactants are added
  • No products are removed
  • Equilibrium is achieved
  • Forward and backward reaction rates are equal
• In a closed system what will the reversible reaction reach?


  A dynamic equilibrium
• What is a dynamic equilibrium?


  When the forward and reverse reaction happen at the same rate
• What will happen as a result of dynamic equilibrium?


  The concentration of reactants and products remain the same