Chemistry: Matter and Change

Chapter 18: Chemical Equilibrium

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Equilibrium Java Applet
Use this applet to see how equilibrium is affected by different additions.
( http://mc2.cchem.berkeley.edu/Java/equilibrium/ )
Chemical Equilibrium Experiment
Visit this site to perform a virtual equilibrium experiment involving a gaseous reaction. Answer the questions and check your accuracy using the solutions provided.
( http://www.chm.davidson.edu/ronutt/che115/EquKin/EquKin.htm )
What is equilibrium?
Visit this site to learn more about equilibrium and how it relates to Chemistry. In your Science Journal, compare and contrast chemical equilibrium to equilibrium in general.
( http://www2.sfu.ca/person/lower/Chem1Text/equilibrium/Eq-01.html#WHATIS )
Chemical Equilibrium
Visit this site for more information about equilibrium. This site includes some interesting sounds and graphics. Be sure to try the animated graphics as you go through this site.
( http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/ChemicalEquilibrium/HTML/page01.htm )
Equilibrium and Oxygen Transport in the Body
Visit this site to learn about equilibrium and the human body. Click on the links to the graphics of hemoglobin and heme to see their composition.
( http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Chem/Chem104lc/hemoglobin.html )
The Carbon Cycle
Visit this site to learn more about the equilibrium of carbon on Earth. Visit the links in this site and write an entry in your Science Journal comparing and contrasting the Carbon Cycle to the Protein Cycle.
( http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?tname=11226&url=11226/why.htm )
A Biography of Fritz Haber
Visit this site to read a biography of Fritz Haber, the developer of the Haber process to synthesize ammonia. Haber’s contribution to the world for a process to synthesize ammonia was overshadowed by another contribution that he made to the world. Read this article to find out why he was initially passed over as a Nobel Prize winner. Can you think of other scientists that may have regretted their scientific contributions?
( http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/chemistry/institutes/1992/Haber.html )
Biography of Fritz Haber
This is the official biography from the Nobel Prize recipients Web site. This biography focuses on the positive contributions that Haber made to science. Why do you think this site failed to mention his infamous contribution?
( http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1918/haber-bio.html )
The Haber Process
Visit this site to learn more about the Haber process. Read the “Environment Issues” section at the end of this Web page for some disadvantages of using synthetic fertilizer.
( http://haberchemistry.tripod.com/ )
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