the.com/chemical equilibrium
Both reactions still racing, just tied, so nothing looks like it is moving.
means The state in a reversible reaction where the forward and reverse reactions proceed at equal rates, so the concentrations of reactants and products stay constant over time.
from The word 'chemical' traces back to 'alchemy,' itself from Arabic 'al-kīmiyā,' pointing to ancient arts of transformation. 'Equilibrium' comes straight from Latin 'aequilibrium' — 'aequi-' meaning equal, and 'libra' meaning balance or scale, the same root that gives us the zodiac Libra. So the phrase literally means a balance between transformations: scales from Roman marketplaces lending their word to the invisible tug-of-war inside a reacting mixture.
- not a standstill
- forward and reverse reactions never stop firing
- le chatelier
- squeeze it and it shoves back, politely
- constant k
- fixed ratio of products to reactants at balance
- dynamic, not dead
- equilibrium is a truce, not a ceasefire ending war