Does the rate of reaction COMPLETELY STOP once chemical equilibrium has been reached....?

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anor277
Feb 14, 2018

An old story....and the simple answer is NO!

Explanation:

Chemical equilibria define a KINETIC phenomenon...

See here.

And so "chemical equilibrium" does NOT specify CESSATION of chemical change; it does specify equality of FORWARD and REVERSE rates of chemical reaction....because chemical is manifestly occurring in both directions, reactants to products, and products to reactants, the scenario is "dynamic". Good luck swallowing all that...

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