LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1) Be able to predict the direction a reversible reaction will shift when stressed (by changes in # or moles, concentration, pressure, temperature or catalyst).
2) Explain how blood pH is maintained in humans.
LeChatelier's Principle - when a system is stressed it will respond in a way to reduce the stress.
Haber process: N2 + 3H2 --> 2NH3 + heat
Light darkening sunglasses
Thickness of an eggshell: CaO + CO2 --> CaCO3
Acidosis and Alkalosis (importance on bicarbonate ion) maintaining blood pH 7.2 - 7.4