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Answer: The correct option is option B (the concentrations of the reactants and products have reached constant values).
Explanation:
CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM is defined as a state which is attained in a chemical system where by forward reaction occurs at the same rate with the backward reaction leading to CONSTANT CONCENTRATIONS of the reactants and the products. Chemical equilibrium is achievable in a closed Chemical system so that none of the reactants or products would escape be they gaseous or otherwise.
Chemical equilibrium occurs in a type of reaction called reversible reactions. Reversible reactions is one that can go in either direction depending on the condition of the system. In other words, reactants form products and under favourable conditions products react together to reform the reactants. For example,
3Fe(s) + 4H2O(l) <-------> Fe3O4(s) + 4H2(g)
As the above reversible reaction proceeds, a time is reached when the rate of forward reaction { which is the formation of Fe3O4(s) + 4H2(g)} is equal to the rate of the backward reaction {which is the formation of 3Fe(s) + 4H2O(l)}. At this point, concentrations of the reactants and products have reached constant values.
When a chemical system is at equilibrium then the concentrations of the reactants and products have reached constant values.
What is chemical equilibrium?
Chemical equilibrium is a state occur in any reversible reaction, where the rate of forward reaction is equal to the rate of backward reaction and it is represent as:
A + B ⇄ C + D, where
A & B are reactants, and C & D are products.
As the rates are equal in equilibrium state, so the concentration of reactant and product also have constant value as there is no change in the rate.
Hence, option (B) is correct i.e. concentrations of the reactants and products have reached constant values.
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