{"id":7948,"date":"2013-09-07T00:08:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-07T00:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/?page_id=7948"},"modified":"2025-11-28T16:23:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T22:23:31","slug":"dynamic-equilibrium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/dynamic-equilibrium\/","title":{"rendered":"Dynamic Equilibrium"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What is Dynamic Equilibrium?<\/h1>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Dynamic Equilibrium\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_b8cuusPWwtc\"><div id=\"lyte_b8cuusPWwtc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fb8cuusPWwtc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Dynamic Equilibrium<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/b8cuusPWwtc\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fb8cuusPWwtc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Dynamic Equilibrium\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion\"><input id=\"transcript\" type=\"checkbox\" class=\"spoiler_button\" \/><label for=\"transcript\">Transcript<\/label>\n<div class=\"spoiler\" id=\"transcript-spoiler\">\n<p><strong>Equilibrium<\/strong> is a constant state under a given set of conditions, but it can change to a different state if the conditions change. Notice here that equilibrium can change if the conditions change, so that&#8217;s why we call this dynamic equilibrium. Equilibrium systems are dynamic, in that they can respond to stresses or changes in conditions.<\/p>\n<p>If the equilibrium system is stressed or the conditions change, a dynamic equilibrium can respond\u2014or rather I should say equilibrium can respond and that&#8217;s why we call it a dynamic equilibrium. Now the French chemist Le Chatelier described how equilibrium responds to stress, so he came up with <strong>Le Chatelier&#8217;s principle<\/strong> which is: if a system at equilibrium is stressed, the equilibrium will shift in the direction that relieves this stress.<\/p>\n<p>An equilibrium wants to be in a situation of little stress, so some common stresses include changes in (I&#8217;m going to write changes up here) changes in concentrations, and this could be in the concentrations of reactants or products; changes in pressure, now changes in pressure are only going to occur in reactions where gases are involved; and then also changes in temperature.<\/p>\n<p>If any of these things change, then we consider this a stress and equilibrium here\u2014equilibrium is stressed\u2014so the equilibrium will shift in the direction that relieves this stress, so that it&#8217;s in a situation of little stress. One final note is that catalysts do not change the values of a system and equilibrium, it only changes how fast the system reaches equilibrium. Again, equilibrium is a constant state under a given set of conditions but can change to a different state if the conditions happen to change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Dynamic Equilibrium?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-7948","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"page_category-chemistry-equilibrium","6":"page_type-video","7":"page_domain-science"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An equilibrium that changes given variable conditions is called dynamic equilibrium. 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