← Equilibrium principles in aqueous systems

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Aqueous equilibria is where thermochemistry, redox and organic all cash out in real solutions.

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The links that matter most for the external:

Thermochemical principles (91390): WHY equilibria shift Le Châtelier is really thermodynamics in disguise. A reaction reaches equilibrium exactly when ΔG = 0. Heating an endothermic dissolution (ΔH positive) shifts it right. That is the ΔG = ΔH − TΔS relationship in action. Kw itself increases with temperature because water’s self-ionisation is endothermic. If you understand ΔG, Le Châtelier stops being a rule to memorise. Redox (91393): E°cell is the redox version of ΔG Both standards answer “will this reaction go?”. Here it is ΔG < 0 / Q vs K; there it is E°cell > 0. They are the same idea in different currency (ΔG = −nFE°). Redox titrations also use the exact mole-ratio reasoning you use in acid–base titrations. Organic compounds (91391): the weak acids are organic Ethanoic acid, the classic weak acid in every Ka calculation, is an organic carboxylic acid. Knowing that –COOH is the acidic proton (not the C–H hydrogens) is organic knowledge you apply here. Quantitative analysis (91387): titration curves come alive The internal has you physically perform the titration whose curve you interpret here. Indicator choice, equivalence point and concordant titres are the practical face of this theory.

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