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No. An equilibrium constant is derived from the products, powers, and ratios of the activities (essentially the concentrations) of the species that are in equilibrium. Since there is no such thing as a negative concentration, there is no way their products, powers or ratios can yield a negative number.
need not be..equilibrium constant is just a ratio of relative concentrations of products (multiplication of concentration in case of more than one products) to the concentration of reactants (multiplication of concentrations of reactants in case of more than one reactants)..the equilibrium concentration can be a very small number or can be a very number as well depending upon the relative concentrations of reactants and products..Unity equilibrium constants is just a special case which shows that the concentrations of products and reactants are equal..
Equilibrium constants are essential to answering many thermodynamic questions and to figuring out how a chemical is gonna behave in a solution. On a routine basis -- meaning someone working in a lab -- you need equilibrium constants to make buffers (henderson-hasselbalch).
Equilibrium constants aren't changed if you change the concentrations of things present in the equilibrium. The only thing that changes an equilibrium constant is a change of temperature. The position of equilibrium is changed if you change the concentration of something present in the mixture. According to Le Chatelier's Principle, the position of equilibrium moves in such a way as to tend to undo the change that you have made.
It is a more complicated mathematical expression.
Constants in the sense you mean are different to mathematical constants. They usually refer to a system in which two values are proportionate and so are of the units associated with the system.
In mathematics, constants are fixed values that do not change. They can be located in various places, depending on the specific context. For example, in algebraic equations, constants are typically represented by specific letters or symbols and are found alongside variables. In geometric formulas, constants may be included as part of the formula itself. Constants can also be defined and used in mathematical functions, formulas, or mathematical theories.
Mathematical constants are always single-valued. That is what is constant about them. Examples are pi and e. Physical constants could have values that change due to variable conditions.
It is an expression and if it contains an equality sign then it is an equation.
The value of K would be decreased by one half
It is an algebraic expression because it does not contain an equality sign.
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