Is the concentration of reactants equal to the concentration of products in a dynamic equilibrium?

Answer 1

No, in a dynamic equilibrium, the concentrations of the reactants and products are not always equal.

For a reversible reaction, equilibrium is reached when the system stops visibly changing. This is not when the amount of products and reactants is equal; rather, it is reached when the rate at which products are made equals the rate at which reactants are made. Reversible reactions are those in which as reactants collide and become products, products eventually accumulate and collide with themselves, reacting to reform reactants.

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Answer 2

Noah Aldrich

No, the concentration of reactants is not necessarily equal to the concentration of products in a dynamic equilibrium, but the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are equal, resulting in a constant concentration of both reactants and products over time.

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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.