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Name: Sikander
Status: Student
Age: 9-12
Location: IL
Country: United States
Date: December 26, 2005
Question:
What are some examples of chemical equilibrium in the environment?


Replies:
There are literally thousands of chemical equilibria present in nature. A very short list is: the solubility of atmospheric gases in fresh and/or salt water, the solubility of carbonate minerals as a function of pH, photochemical reactions of "greenhouse gases" in the upper atmosphere, the concentration of oxygen as a function of depth and temperature in the ocean. These are but a few of many possible examples.

Vince Calder


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