Compare And Contrast The Rate Of A Chemical Reaction That Contained Bromothymol Blue

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When a chemical reaction takes place the reactants and products tend to reach a state of equilibrium. At equilibrium, the chemical reaction is still occurring. However, the rate of reaction is equal to the rate of the reverse reaction, which can be expressed by a constant known as the equilibrium constant (Ka/pKa). In the experiment the equilibrium constant was determined with the absorbance of three different solutions that contained bromothymol blue.

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