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Chemistry Forums for Students => Physical Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: Ice-cream on June 15, 2005, 09:33:48 AM
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for equilibrium constants, when K<1, the reactants are favoured, when K>1 the products are favoured and when K=1...what happens?
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It means that the gibbs energy change between the reactant and the product is zero. Which is why k =1 as in del G = -RTlnK.
Thanks,
angelguy
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For
A <--> B
in the concentration approx.
K = CB/CA
for K = 1, CB = CA. There is not preference between reactants and products. Both are equally "stable".
An "trivial" example is ammonia inversion
H \
A = H - N:
H /
/ H
B = :N - H
\ H