Stability/Favorable
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Stability/Favorable
When a question is asking to state whether a reactant or product is more favorable or more stable, would it be whichever one there is more of?
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Re: Stability/Favorable
Yes. If there is much more product (higher concentration of product) at equilibrium, then the reaction is product-favored, assuming K is larger than 10^3. If there is much more reactant (higher concentration of reactant) at equilibrium, then the reaction is reactant-favored, assuming K is smaller than 10^-3. Any value of K between 10^-3 and 10^3 is neither reactant- nor product-favored.
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Re: Stability/Favorable
If the equilibrium constant K is greater than 1, then products are favored. When the equilibrium constant K is less than 1, reactants are favored.
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