Le Chatelier's Principle of Equilibrium Shift (1884)

"If an external stress is applied to a system in equilibrium, the equilibrium will shift continuously in the direction indicated by the stress until the growing reaction in the system becomes equal to the external stress." [Textbook of General Chemistry page 99]

See Also

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Balance
Disturbance
Disturbance of Equilibrium
Equilibrium
Excitation
List of Synonyms for Scalar