equilibrium

[megangeorge-1K]

What does it mean if the "equilibrium sits to the lift" or the "equilibrium sits to the right"?

[705192887]

This is talking about whether the equilibrium sits more toward the product or the reactant side of the reaction. Sitting to the left refers to having a higher reactant concentration at equilibrium and K value that's less than 1. On the other hand, sitting to the right refers to having a higher product concentration at equilibrium and K value that's greater than 1.

[Tessa Lawler 1A]

Dr. Lavelle also said in lecture that he doesn't like when books/students use this phrasing, and prefers the more accurate "this reaction favors the products (sits to the right)" or "this reaction favors the reactants(sits to the left)".

[Yiting_Gong_4L]

sits to the left - rxn favors reactants
sits to the right - rxn favors products

[Shreya_Bharadwaj_1D]

It just means that when a reaction sits to the left, the reactants are favored and when a reaction sits to the right, the products are favored