Revisiting Le Chatelier's Principle
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 11:04
in Psychology & Sociology
Le Chatelier's Principle is a neat concept, but too often it's expressed in a not so wonderful way. Here is a textbook definition from a popular college textbook, fifth edition:A change in any of the factors that determine the equilibrium conditions of a system will cause the system in such a manner as to reduce or counteract the effect of the change.With such a definition, students often imagine the system as almost having a consciousness or a purpose. Wikipedia's definition also leaves something to be desired: read more