Why Equilibrium Constants Are Unitless

ÖZCAN M.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, cilt.13, sa.15, ss.3507-3509, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 15
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00314
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Chemical Abstracts Core, Compendex, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3507-3509
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The importance of the nonexistence of a unit for equilibriumconstants is well-recognized by the chemistry community. However, it is stillcommon to encounter the use of equilibrium constants with units in recentchemistry education papers, which may mislead students and even instructors.This is mainly due to the lack of studies on the representation of the derivations ofequilibrium constants in a logical manner. We hope that the explanations providedin this Viewpoint will help to clarify this issue.