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Noun: law of chemical equilibrium
  1. (chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reaction
    "The law of chemical equilibrium helps predict the direction of chemical reactions";
    - equilibrium law

Type of: law, law of nature

Encyclopedia: Law of chemical equilibrium