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Definition of Law of chemical equilibrium

1. Noun. (chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reaction.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Law Of Chemical Equilibrium

Literary usage of Law of chemical equilibrium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1921)
"The Thermodynamic Law of Chemical Equilibrium at Constant Temperature, (a) Gaseous Systems. — If any number of molecular ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"Z± a£A<fA (36) in which the last term represents the series Similarly for each equation of state there is a corresponding law of chemical equilibrium but ..."

3. The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis: With Special Consideration of by Julius Stieglitz (1911)
"In the first place, the law of chemical equilibrium is based thermody- namically, ie from the point of view of the ultimate energy relations involved, ..."

4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... for K, equal to Ni""Ni">..., is the reaction -parameter through which alone the temperature affects the law of chemical equilibrium in dilute systems. ..."

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