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What is meant by the term "chemical equilibrium"? Must amounts of reactants and products be equal at equilibrium?
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A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the transformation of one set of chemical substances to another. These reactions can go in a forward direction (reactants to products) or a backward direction (products to reactants). Show more…
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