What is an equilibrium constant?

Answer 1

An equilibrium constant is a way of showing the relationship between amounts of reactants and products in a reaction system at equilibrium.

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Answer 2

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The equilibrium constant, denoted as K, is a numerical value that indicates the extent to which a chemical reaction proceeds to reach equilibrium. It is the ratio of the concentrations of the products to the concentrations of the reactants, each raised to the power of their respective stoichiometric coefficients, at equilibrium.

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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.