University Chemistry ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (11): 2203015.doi: 10.3866/PKU.DXHX202203015

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Approximate Calculation of Chemical Equilibrium

Dan You1, Dianhong Cai2, Qingrong Cheng1,*()   

  1. 1 School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
    2 School of Mathematics, Jilin School of Light Industry, Jilin 132000, Jilin Province, China
  • Received:2022-03-09 Accepted:2022-04-02 Published:2022-06-10
  • Contact: Qingrong Cheng E-mail:chengqr383121@sina.com

Abstract:

The calculation of chemical equilibrium in aqueous solution involves solving unary quadratic or multiple equations, which is troublesome. The initial concentration is used to substitute the equilibrium concentration for approximate calculation, however, sometimes, the error is large. In this article, the application conditions of the method of progressive approximation in the calculation of chemical equilibrium of aqueous solution are described, the number of approximations is predicted, and the steps of chemical equilibrium calculation in aqueous solution are put forward. This enables the calculation of chemical equilibrium in aqueous solution, especially in the case of unitary higher-order equations, to achieve the desired accuracy through some simple calculations without using computers, and reduce blindness by predicting approximation times.

Key words: Chemical equilibrium calculation, Method of successive approximation, Approximate calculation, Error, Predicted approximation times