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What is 1/K?

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 12:19 pm
by Berivan Kamran 3E
What does 1/K (equilibrium constant) mean?
What would a question ask when requiring us to give 1/K?

Re: What is 1/K?  [ENDORSED]

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 2:56 pm
by Chem_Mod
It is the inverse of K for that reaction.
Meaning if the forward reaction has an equilibrium constant equal to 10, then the reverse reaction has an equilibrium constant equal to 0.1.

Re: What is 1/K?

Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 9:51 pm
by StephanieRusnak
if the equilibrium constant for a reaction is K then the equilibrium constant for its reverse reaction is 1/K.

Re: What is 1/K?

Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 7:15 pm
by Elika Asis 3C
If a reaction is reversed, for example:
A + B ⇌ C is flipped to C ⇌ A + B, and you are given the K of the original reaction, and you are asked for the K value of the second reaction, you simple get the reciprocal of the original K value.
Hope this helps!

Re: What is 1/K?

Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 10:19 pm
by Isabella Zizolfi 2F
1/K is the reciprocal of K for that reaction
if you know the value of K of the forward reaction (for example 5) and the exercise asks you to find the K of the reverse reaction, you can find it by calculating the reciprocal of K of the forward reaction (in our example 1/5 which is 0.2)