Preferred Label : microscopic reversibility at equilibrium;
IUPAC definition : The principle of microscopic reversibility at equilibrium states that, in a system
at equilibrium, any molecular process and the reverse of that process occur, on the
average, at the same rate. This definition corresponds to the statement of the principle
that was given by R.C. Tolman in 1924. However, many workers have interchanged the
meanings of microscopic reversibility and detailed balance, and it seems best now
to regard the two, which are closely related, as synonymous.;
Origin ID : M03916;
See also
The principle of microscopic reversibility at equilibrium states that, in a system
at equilibrium, any molecular process and the reverse of that process occur, on the
average, at the same rate. This definition corresponds to the statement of the principle
that was given by R.C. Tolman in 1924. However, many workers have interchanged the
meanings of microscopic reversibility and detailed balance, and it seems best now
to regard the two, which are closely related, as synonymous.
