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Understanding Reversible Reactions

This document discusses reversible chemical reactions and dynamic equilibrium. It defines reversible reactions and dynamic equilibrium, and explains factors that affect the position of equilibrium such as temperature, pressure, concentration, and catalysts.

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Understanding Reversible Reactions

This document discusses reversible chemical reactions and dynamic equilibrium. It defines reversible reactions and dynamic equilibrium, and explains factors that affect the position of equilibrium such as temperature, pressure, concentration, and catalysts.

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Reversible Reactions

Definitions: Chemical Reactions that can go in both forward and reverse directions

One of the reactions(Forward/Backward)-> Exothermic/Another-> Endothermic

Dynamic Equilibrium: If a reversible reaction is carried out in the closed container so that products
and reactants cannot escape, a state of dynamic equilibrium is established.

Dynamic: Forward/Reverse reactions are ongoing Exothermic: Anhydrous->hydrated


Equilibrium: Endothermic: Hydrated->Anhydrous
- Rate of forward reactions and reverse reactions are the same
- Concentration of products and reactants do not change
- Occur inside the closed system

Factors affecting the position of equilibrium

- Concentration of products and reactants


- Pressure (only in gaseous state)
- Temperature

Catalysts do not have effect on equilibrium

Effect of temperature on equilibrium

- Temperature decreases-> favors/equilibrium shifts to exothermic reaction side


- Temperature increases->favors endothermic reaction side

Effect of pressure on equilibrium

- Pressure increases->favors/equilibrium shifts to the side of lesser mole


- Pressure decreases->favors the side of greater mole
- Gas-> Pressure effect/ Solid, Liquid-> No pressure effect/does not need to calculate mole
- If the moles/volumes are the same on both side (reactants/products), there is no pressure
effect.

Effect of concentration on equilibrium

- More reactants-> Shift to the right to increase the concentration of products and reduce
amount of reactants
- Less reactants-> Shift to the right to increase the concentration of products and reduce
amount of products
- More products-> Shift to the left to increase the concentration of products and reduce the
amount of reactants
- Less products-> Shift to the left to increase the concentration of products and reduce the
amount of reactants.

Catalysts: Increase the rate of reaction on both forward and reverse reactions equally so position of
equilibrium do not change

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