Fabricating a Low-Cost, Simple, Screen Printed Paper Towel-Based Experimental Device to Demonstrate the Factors Affecting Chemical Equilibrium and Chemical Equilibrium Constant, Kc
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Penbhorn Kajornklin [1] ; Purim Jarujamrus [1] ; Phuwadon Phanphon [1] ; Pakakan Ngernpradab [1] ; Saksri Supasorn [1] ; Sanoe Chairam [1] ; Maliwan Amatatongchai [1]
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[1] Ubon Ratchathani University
Ubon Ratchathani University
Tailandia
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- Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 97, Nº 7, 2020, págs. 1984-1991
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This work reports the first use of rubber latex waste as the hydrophobic reagent for a low-cost, simple, and rapid fabrication of a paper towel-based experimental device (PTED) with a circular design of 5 mm to demonstrate the factors affecting chemical equilibrium; this serves as a user-friendly means for a laboratory experiment. The illustration of the factors affecting chemical equilibrium is implemented in the PTED. In this approach, the color change of a cobalt(II) complex reaction from pink to blue was observed by the naked eye on the PTED when a tiny drop of hydrochloric acid solution and the treatment of heat by using a hot air dryer (1200 W, 2 min) were applied to the PTED with the precoated cobalt solution (pink color), separately or together. The return of the color of the reactions from blue to pink was carried out by using a tiny drop of water and the treatment of cooling by using an ice bath for 10 min. In addition, the chemical equilibrium constant (Kc) can be easily quantified by processing digital images of the detection zones of PTED captured with a smartphone camera under a control light box at room temperature (≈25 °C), while image analysis was performed using ImageJ software. This PTED laboratory is a new approach not only to enhance students’ learning of the factors affecting chemical equilibrium based on Le Châtelier’s principle, but also to present potential applications of PTED into all levels of chemistry from middle school through college classes.
