What does it mean if Keq = 1?

A. Products and reactants are equally favored in the reaction.
B. Products are favored over reactants in the reaction.
C. Reactants are favored over products in the reaction.
D. All of the reactants have turned into products in the reaction.

Question

What does it mean if Keq = 1?

 		A.	Products and reactants are equally favored in the reaction.
 		B.	Products are favored over reactants in the reaction.
 		C.	Reactants are favored over products in the reaction.
 		D.	All of the reactants have turned into products in the reaction.

jfraser · Answer

KEQ is a $ratio$, the concentrations of the products over the concentrations of the reactants.

If the ratio has a value of 1, what does that imply about the concentrations?

vera_ewing · Answer

All of the reactants have turned into products in the reaction.

jfraser · Answer

nope

vera_ewing · Answer

Products and reactants are equally favored in the reaction.

jfraser · Answer

if all the reactants had turned into products, the $concentration$ of the reactants would be zero.

jfraser · Answer

if [products] = [reactants], then what is the value of $\frac{[products]}{[reactants]}$?

vera_ewing · Answer

1/1?

jfraser · Answer

then the reaction favors the reactants and products $equally$

vera_ewing · Answer

So it's A?

jfraser · Answer

it is