Chemical reactions exhibit dynamic equilibrium, which means that a combination reaction is also accomplished by the reverse process of decomposition reaction. At the steady state the rates of the forward and the backward reaction is same.
In addition to the forward reaction where Ch1 and Ch2 react to produce Ch3, there may also be backward reaction, where by, Ch3 decomposes back into Ch1 and Ch2. Let the rate of formation of Ch3 be proportional to the product of the amounts Ch1 and Ch2 present in the mixture and let the rate of decomposition of Ch3 be proportional to its amount in the mixture.
Let us consider C1, C2 and C3 Amount of Ch1, Ch2 and Ch3 at any instant of time t, the rate of increase of C1, C2& C3 are given by the following differential equations:
dC1/dt = K1C3– K1C1C2
dC2/dt = K2C3– K1C1C2
dC3/dt=2K1C1C2-2K2C3
Where K1and K2 are constants.
