what is hypothetical equilibrium?
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Consider the hypothetical reversible reaction in which reactants A and B react to form products C and D. This is because equilibrium is defined as a condition resulting from the rates of forward and reverse reactions being equal.
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Consider the hypothetical reversible reaction in which reactants A and B react to form products C and D. This equilibrium can be shown below, where the lower case letters represent the coefficients of each substance.
aA + bB rightleftarrows cC+dD
As we have established, the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same at equilibrium, and so the concentrations of all of the substances are constant. Since that is the case, it stands to reason that a ratio of the concentrations for any given reaction at equilibrium maintains a constant value. The equilibrium constant (Keq) is the ratio of the mathematical product of the concentrations of the products of a reaction to the mathematical product of the concentrations of the reactants of the reaction. Each concentration is raised to the power of its coefficient in the balanced chemical equation. For the general reaction above, the equilibrium constant expression is written as follows:
K_{eq}=frac{left [ Cright ]^c left [ Dright ]^d}{left [ Aright ]^a left [B right ]^b}
The concentrations of each substance, indicated by the square brackets around the formula, are measured in molarity units (mol/L).
The value of the equilibrium constant for any reaction is only determined by experiment. As detailed in the above section, the position of equilibrium for a given reaction does not depend on the starting concentrations and so the value of the equilibrium constant is truly constant. It does, however, depend on the temperature of the reaction. This is because equilibrium is defined as a condition resulting from the rates of forward and reverse reactions being equal. If the temperature changes, the corresponding change in those reaction rates will alter the equilibrium constant. For any reaction in which a Keq is given, the temperature should be specified.