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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