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What is chemical equilibrium? - George Zaidan and Charles Morton

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When molecules collide, chemical reactions can occur -- causing major structural changes akin to getting a new arm on your face! George Zaidan and Charles Morton playfully imagine chemical systems as busy city streets, and the colliding molecules within them as your average, limb-swapping joes.

Explain why the rate of the reverse reaction must be zero at the very, very beginning of a reversible reaction. Explain why the rate of the reverse reaction increases as the reaction proceeds.

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