equilibrium constant

1. 1.

   (chemistry) the ratio of concentrations when equilibrium is reached in a reversible reaction (when the rate of the forward reaction equals the rate of the reverse reaction)

   Broaderconstant

   Narrowerdissociation constant

   chemistry

Questions about equilibrium constant

What does equilibrium constant mean?

equilibrium constant means "(chemistry) the ratio of concentrations when equilibrium is reached in a reversible reaction (when the rate of the forward reaction equals the rate of the reverse reaction)".

Is equilibrium constant a common word?

equilibrium constant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.