Resources and Activities
Chemical
Equilibrium
Chemical equilibrium occurs when a
reaction and its reverse reaction proceed
at the same rate.
Once equilibrium is achieved, the
amount of each reactant and product
remains constant.
• Textbook - chapter 15 & ppt file
• Online practice quiz
• Chemical Equilibrium handouts and
problem sets
• Lab activity
• POGIL
• Chem Guy video lecture series on
Chemical Equilibrium (several)
http://www.cosmolearning.com/courses/apchemistry-with-chemguy/video-lectures/ or
start with
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHPxpk
cA6Z4
• Chemtour videos from Norton
N2O4 (g)
2NO2 (g)
http://www.chem.iastate.edu/group/Greenbowe/sections
/projectfolder/animations/no2n2o4equilV8.html
Activities and Problem set for chapter 15 (due date_______)
Lab activities:
– Le Châtelier
principle(wet lab)
POGILS (1) : Chemical
Equilibrium
Online practice quiz ch 15
due by_____
Chapter 15 worksheets, notes and practice
problems sets
In class preview and then Independent work - students to view
animations & interactive activities (5 in total from Norton)
and write summary notes on each. These summaries are to
be included in your portfolio.
Animations to view in class and at home:
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/chemistry/gilbert2/contents/c
h15/studyplan.asp
(Equilibrium, Equilibrium in the gas phase, Equilibrium and
Thermodynamics, Le Châtelier’s principle, Solving Equilibrium
problems)
Additional resources to explore (not mandatory)
http://glencoe.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0023654666/student_view0/chapter14/animati
ons_center.html
(self-assessments A and B)
Outline: Chemical Equilibrium
Concept of Chemical
Equilibrium for reversible
chemical reactions
rates of forward and reverse
reactions; equilibrium mixtures of
reactants and products
Equilibrium Constant (K)
Using the balanced chemical
equation to write equilibrium
constant expressions
Kc and Kp
Equilibrium constants expressed
in terms of concentration or in
terms of partial pressures
Equilibrium calculations
Calculating, interpreting and
manipulating equilibrium
constants (K) and reaction
quotients (Q). ICE charts.
Heterogeneous versus
homogeneous equilibrium
How to write K for these cases
Le Châtelier principle
Predicting the effect of a stress
on a reaction at equilibrium
Vocabulary terms
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Chemical Equilibrium
Dynamic equilibrium
Law of mass action
Equilibrium constant expression Kc or K
(these are NOT rate constants (k))
Gaseous equilibrium and Kp
(Haber process)
Homogeneous and heterogeneous equilibrium
Reaction quotient Q
Le Châtelier’s principle