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Equilibrium help

ImRebecca · 2015-04-16 17:05:57

Hi I'm a bit confused as to what to say when they ask what does dynamic mean. Is the answer that it goes in both forwards and backwards directions? I know that chemical equilibrium is a state of dynamic balance where the rate of the forward reaction equals the rate of the reverse reaction. But after asking this they…

16-04-2015 6:05pm

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ImRebecca

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Hi I'm a bit confused as to what to say when they ask what does dynamic mean.

Is the answer that it goes in both forwards and backwards directions?

I know that chemical equilibrium is a state of dynamic balance where the rate of the forward reaction equals the rate of the reverse reaction. But after asking this they normally ask what dynamic means.

What do I say?

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#2 16-04-2015 6:16pm

ko3p

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Equilibrium is said to be dynamic because the forward and reverse reactions are continuously occurring.

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#3 16-04-2015 7:20pm

ImRebecca

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Thankyou!

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