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