Chemical Equilibrium

Cards (4)

  • Open and closed systems
    An open system continuously interacts with its environment, while a closed system is isolated from its surroundings
  • Reversible reaction
    A reaction is reversible when products can be converted back to reactants and vice versa.
  • Le Chatelier's principle
    When the equilibrium in a closed system is disturbed, the system will re-instate a new equilibrium by favouring the reaction that will oppose the disturbance.
  • Chemical equilibrium
    It is a dynamic equilibrium when the rate of the forward reaction equals the rate of the reverse reaction