Chemistry GCSE
Disturbance and re-equilibration
What Disturbance and re-equilibration means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Changing the concentration of a reactant or product means the system is no longer at equilibrium, and concentrations of all substances change until equilibrium is reached again.
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- Concentration changes
- Data interpretation
- Dynamic equilibrium
- Equilibrium shifts
- Forward and reverse reaction rates
- Le Chatelier's principle
- Rates of forward and reverse reactions
- Effect of concentration on equilibrium
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