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What is use of law of mass action in equilibrium?

(a) Predicts behaviors of solutions in dynamic equilibrium

(b) To calculate the concentration of products

(c) To calculate the concentration of reactants

(d) Predicts behaviors of solutes

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My doubt stems from Equilibrium Concentration Relationship topic in section Contact Equilibrium Separation Process of Food Processing Unit Operations

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Correct option is (a) Predicts behaviors of solutions in dynamic equilibrium

To elaborate: Law of mass action in equilibrium predicts behaviors of solutions in dynamic equilibrium. The law of mass action defines that the rate of the chemical reaction is directly proportional to the product of the activities or the reactants concentration.

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