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monkeygirl
Mar 10, 2008, 04:36 PM
what is meant by reversible reactions and how do chemists indicate a reversible reaction when writing a chemical equation?

tickle
Mar 10, 2008, 04:56 PM
A reversible reaction is a chemical reaction that results in an equilibrium mixture of reactants and products. For a reaction involving two reactants and two products this can be expressed symbolically as

AA + bB ⇌ cC + dD