Chemistry GCSE
Forward and reverse reaction rates
What Forward and reverse reaction rates means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Increasing the concentration of a reactant makes the forward reaction faster than the reverse reaction, and the shift continues until the two rates become equal again.
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- Concentration changes
- Data interpretation
- Disturbance and re-equilibration
- Dynamic equilibrium
- Equilibrium shifts
- Le Chatelier's principle
- Rates of forward and reverse reactions
- Effect of concentration on equilibrium
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