Reversible Reactions

[Tai Metzger 3K]

Hi! What does it mean for a reaction to be reversible? Thanks!

[Alexis Webb 2B]

A reversible reaction is where products and reactants are being formed at the same time, and once the forward and reverse reactions occur at the same rate, they reach equilibrium.

[Shail Avasthi 2C]

A reversible reaction is where products and reactants are being formed at the same time, and once the forward and reverse reactions occur at the same rate, they reach equilibrium.

Not sure this applies in a thermodynamic setting. In my understanding, a reversible expansion is when the external pressure is equal to the internal pressure, and the change in pressure happens in infinitesimally small intervals (requiring an integral to solve). This gives you a theoretical maximum for the amount of work done by an expansion.

[BritneyP- 2c]

Reversible reactions mean that there is an infinitely small change in a certain variable that can affect the system