Hemoglobin is an important biological molecule in red blood cells. The roll of hemoglobin is to transport oxygen gas throughout the circulatory system. Hemoglobin, Hb, is in a dynamic equilibrium with oxygen according to the following reaction: + 402 Hb(Oa ca НЬ (aq) What is meant by the term "dynamic equilibrium"? a. When hemoglobin is in the blood vessels of the lungs, oxygen is transferred to hemoglobin. How does Le Chatelier's Principle explain this shift in equilibrium? b.

Hemoglobin is an important biological molecule in red blood cells. The roll of hemoglobin is to transport oxygen gas throughout the circulatory system. Hemoglobin, Hb, is in a dynamic equilibrium with oxygen according to the following reaction: + 402 Hb(Oa ca НЬ (aq) What is meant by the term "dynamic equilibrium"? a. When hemoglobin is in the blood vessels of the lungs, oxygen is transferred to hemoglobin. How does Le Chatelier's Principle explain this shift in equilibrium? b.

Chemistry for Engineering Students

4th Edition

ISBN:9781337398909

Author:Lawrence S. Brown, Tom Holme

Publisher:Lawrence S. Brown, Tom Holme

Chapter12: Chemical Equilibrium

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 12.41PAE: Because calcium carbonate is a sink for CO32- in a lake, the student in Exercise 12.39 decides to go...

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Suppose a reaction has the equilibrium constant K = 1.3 108. What does the magnitude of this constant tell you about the relative concentrations of products and reactants that will be present once equilibrium is reached? Is this reaction likely to be a good source of the products?
For the system SO3(g)SO2(g)+12 O2(g)at 1000 K, K=0.45. Sulfur trioxide, originally at 1.00 atm pressure, partially dissociates to SO2 and O2 at 1000 K. What is its partial pressure at equilibrium?
The creation of shells by mollusk species is a fascinating process. By utilizing the Ca2+ in their food and aqueous environment, as well as some complex equilibrium processes, a hard calcium carbonate shell can be produced. One important equilibrium reaction in this complex process is HCO3(aq)H+(aq)+CO32(aq)K=5.61011 If 0.16 mole of HCO3 is placed into 1.00 L of solution, what will be the equilibrium concentration of CO32?
. Mercury(I) chloride, Hg2Cl2, was formerly administered orally as a purgative. Although we usually think of mercury compounds as highly toxic, the K of mercury(I) chloride is small enough (1.31018)that the amount of mercury that dissolves and enters the bloodstream is tiny. Calculate the concentration of mercury(I) ion present in a saturated solution of Hg2Cl2.
A sample of gaseous nitrosyl bromide (NOBr) was placed in a container tiued with a frictionless, massless piston, where it decomposed at 25C according to the following equation: 2NOBr(g)2NO(g)+Br2(g) The initial density of the system was recorded as 4.495 g/L. After equilibrium was reached, the density was noted to be 4.086 g/L. a. Determine the value of the equilibrium constant K for the reaction. b. If Ar(g) is added to the system at equilibrium at constant temperature, what will happen to the equilibrium position? What happens to the value of K? Explain each answer
12.101 An engineer working on a design to extract petroleum from a deep thermal reservoir wishes to capture toxic hydrogen sulfide gases present by reaction with aqueous iron(II) nitrate to form solid iron(II) sulfide. (a) Write the chemical equation for this process, assuming that it reaches equilibrium. (b) What is the equilibrium constant expression for this system? (c) How can the process be manipulated so that it does not reach equilibrium, allowing the continuous removal of hydrogen sulfide?
What is the pressure of BrCl in an equilibrium mixture of Cl2, Br2, and BrCl if the pressure of CI2 in the mixture is 0.115 atm and the pressure of Br2 in the mixture is 0.450 atm? Cl2(g)+Br2(g)2BrCl(g)KP=4.7102
At a certain temperature, K=0.29 for the decomposition of two moles of iodine trichloride, ICl3(s), to chlorine and iodine gases. The partial pressure of chlorine gas at equilibrium is three times that of iodine gas. What are the partial pressures of iodine and chlorine at equilibrium?
For the system PCl5(g)PCl3(g)+Cl2(g)K is 26 at 300C. In a 1.0-L flask at 300C, a gaseous mixture consists of all three gases with the following partial pressures: PPCl5=0.026atm,PPCl3=0.65atmPPCl2=0.33atm (a) Is the system at equilibrium? Explain. (b) If the system is not at equilibrium, in which direction will the system move to reach equilibrium?
Because calcium carbonate is a sink for CO32- in a lake, the student in Exercise 12.39 decides to go a step further and examine the equilibrium between carbonate ion and CaCOj. The reaction is Ca2+(aq) + COj2_(aq) ** CaCO,(s) The equilibrium constant for this reaction is 2.1 X 10*. If the initial calcium ion concentration is 0.02 AI and the carbonate concentration is 0.03 AI, what are the equilibrium concentrations of the ions? A student is simulating the carbonic acid—hydrogen carbonate equilibrium in a lake: H2COj(aq) H+(aq) + HCO}‘(aq) K = 4.4 X 10"7 She starts with 0.1000 AI carbonic acid. What are the concentrations of all species at equilibrium?
The ore cinnabar (HgS) is an important source of mercury. Cinnabar is a red solid whose solubility in water is 5.5 X 10-2 mol L-1. Calculate its \p. What is its solubility' in grams per 100 g of water?
. Many sugars undergo a process called mutarotation, in which the sugar molecules interconvert between two isomeric forms, finally reaching an equilibrium between them. This is true for the simple sugar glucose, C6H12O6, which exists in solution in isomeric forms called alpha-glucose and beta-glucose. If a solution of glucose at a certain temperature is analyzed, and it is found that the concentration of alpha-glucose is twice the concentration of beta-glucose, what is the value of K for the inter-conversion reaction?