Equilibrium

Remember all those times you used stoichiometry to predict the amounts of products you could make? Yeah, about that.... It turns out that chemical reactions DON'T go "all the way": there will always be some reactants left over. And similarly, some reactions that you thought were duds actually produced small amounts of products. The study of //equilibrium// addresses this confusing conundrum. In this unit, you will define equilibrium and learn its characteristics. You will also perform calculations to determine how much reactants and products are //really// formed, and you will learn how to use the principles of equilbrium to your advantage. // (By the way, equilibrium is EXTREMELY useful later on during our study of acids and bases and, really, most everything else. So bring your A-game!) //