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Chemistry Forums for Students => Undergraduate General Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: vhpk on February 03, 2007, 06:27:20 AM

Title: Reaction
Post by: vhpk on February 03, 2007, 06:27:20 AM

Why does the reaction happen itself when K > 1(K is equiribium constant)

Title: Re: Reaction
Post by: yolop on February 03, 2007, 11:45:32 AM

It's kinetics. The reaction is favored. 


Keq=[H][A]/[HA]   
if Keq>1 [H][A] is favored and [HA] is decreasing.

Sometimes this means it favors the products and sometimes it favors the reactants. Depends on what K is measuring.