Monday, April 23, 2007

An Analogy for Equilibrium Reaction

Today in class we did a lab regarding the chemical equilibrium and formed an analogy for an equilibrium reaction. Our objective was to illustrate the experimental conditions necessary to have a system of experimental equilibrium, the effect of applying stress to a system in equilibrium, and to illustrate graphically the changes which lead to the establishment of equilibrium.

In order to find our objective, we used materials such as two 25ml graduated cylinders, colored water, and two different diameter drinking straws. We filled the first beaker with 25ml of water and left the other one empty and proceeded to transfer waters to and from each cylinder using their designated straws until we established an equilibrium. We added 5ml to the first beaker, then repeated the experiment.

We plotted the values on a chart which we then graphed.

tank u hab a nice dey!
-jhunD

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