Chemistry · Chapter 15

Coupled Equilibria

Hook a second reaction onto a dissolving solid and the solid has to keep feeding it. Step through the bookkeeping, then slide the reagent and watch solubility climb. Add the equations, multiply the constants.

The two steps and their sum press the step button

Adding two equilibria and multiplying their constants step 1, the solid lets go step 2, the partner takes it away the sum, with the shared ion cancelled solubility, log scale water with it

Pick a coupled system

For the acid runs the slider is the pH of a buffer, so the acid level holds steady. Each acid run puts one proton on each basic site. Very low pH also drives CO2 out of the limestone run, which pulls harder still.

Live numbers

0.0498mol/L dissolves pulled open

What you are seeing

step 1 of 4
AgCl pulled open by ammonia