What is the difference between #"chemical and physical equilibria"#?

Answer 1

Chemical equilibria involve the making and breaking of strong chemical bonds.

On the other hand, confusion and ambiguity are common, especially with regard to solvation; however, chemical change is evident if new substances are formed. Physical equilibria, on the other hand, do not involve bond breaking. These are primarily changes of state: solid to liquid to gas.

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Answer 2

Jose Ayala

Chemical equilibrium involves the balance between the forward and reverse reactions in a chemical reaction, where the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are equal. Physical equilibrium, on the other hand, refers to the balance between two opposing physical processes, such as evaporation and condensation, dissolution and precipitation, or melting and freezing, where the rates of the opposing processes are equal.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.