Interpretation: The processes that are balanced when a system has reached
Concept introduction: Equilibrium is a dynamic process. The word dynamic means that things are constantly changing. Equilibrium is a property of mixture, meaning that it does not matter how you start the process.
Answer to Problem 2E
The forward and backward processes are balanced when a system has reached chemical equilibrium.
Explanation of Solution
Equilibrium is a balance that is reached between the forward and the reverse and the reverse processes in a reversible change. To an observer, it seems that things are no longer changing. In reality, however changes are continuously occurring at an atomic scale, but the changes balance each other out. When system is at chemical equilibrium, the
Balance of forward and backward process happen when a system reached equilibrium.
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