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A system in equilibrium is balanced like a see saw. Reactant Product The equilibrium in this system is to the left hand side There is a higher concentration of reactants. Reactants Products This time the position of the equilibrium is to the right.
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A system in equilibrium is balanced like a see saw • Reactant Product The equilibrium in this system is to the left hand side There is a higher concentration of reactants
Reactants Products • This time the position of the equilibrium is to the right. • There would be more product than there is reactant
Key things to remember • Reactions can only reach equilibrium in a closed system – if the products can’t escape. • At equilibrium the rate of the forward reaction is equal to the rate of the reverse reaction. • The concentration of the reactants and the concentration of the products remain constant BUT they do not have to be equal.