RICE Box

Definition

A RICE box is a tool used in chemistry to organize and calculate the changes in concentrations of reactants and products during a chemical reaction. It stands for Reactants, Initial Concentration, Change in Concentration, and Equilibrium Concentration.

Related terms

Chemical Reaction:

A process that leads to the transformation of one set of chemical substances to another.

Concentration:

The measure of how much of a given substance there is mixed with another substance.

Equilibrium:

The state in which both reactants and products are present at concentrations which have no further tendency to change with time.