Chemistry I / Chemical Equilibrium
Practice question · Estimate

At equilibrium a reaction AB\mathrm{A \rightleftharpoons B} has [A]=0.20[A] = 0.20 M and [B]=0.80[B] = 0.80 M. Set the equilibrium constant.

Estimate on a scale from K = 0 (no product) (0) to K = 10 (product-dominated) (10).

Hints
  1. The constant is products over reactants, each raised to its coefficient.
  2. Compute 0.80 divided by 0.20.
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Why

K=[B]/[A]=0.80/0.20=4.0K = [B]/[A] = 0.80/0.20 = 4.0. Any value above 1 means products dominate at equilibrium, though it says nothing whatever about how quickly that composition is reached.

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