Preferred Label : detailed balancing (principle of);
IUPAC definition : When equilibrium is reached in a reaction system (containing an arbitrary number of
components and reaction paths), as many atoms, in their respective molecular entities
will pass forward, as well as backwards, along each individual path in a given finite
time interval. Accordingly, the reaction path in the reverse direction must in every
detail be the reverse of the reaction path in the forward direction (provided always
that the system is at equilibrium). The principle of detailed balancing is a consequence
for macroscopic systems of the principle of microscopic reversibility.;
Origin ID : D01626;
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When equilibrium is reached in a reaction system (containing an arbitrary number of
components and reaction paths), as many atoms, in their respective molecular entities
will pass forward, as well as backwards, along each individual path in a given finite
time interval. Accordingly, the reaction path in the reverse direction must in every
detail be the reverse of the reaction path in the forward direction (provided always
that the system is at equilibrium). The principle of detailed balancing is a consequence
for macroscopic systems of the principle of microscopic reversibility.
