5%

[Dakota_Campbell_1C]

What is the 5% rule and how does it relate to the ICE box?

[Chem_Mod]

When you assume the change is small, you have to make sure that the answer you get is within 5% of the initial, so that the assumption is valid. Otherwise, you have to solve the quadratic equation.

[Mya Majewski 1L]

So basically the "x" you calculate needs to be within 5% of the initial concentration so do x/initial x 100%

[Niveda_B_3I]

Your x has to be less than 5% of the initial concentration for your assumption/approximation to be valid

[Diana Bibireata 1B]

If you use the approximation method when using an ICE table, the x value you get needs to be less than 5% of the initial concentration for this method to be valid.

[Kevin Tang 4L]

Is the 5% the measurement of protonation or deprotonation?

[Alyssa Wilson 2A]

Yes, I agree. The 5% rule states that your amount has to be within this range of the initial concentration, if it is not you will have to solve for the variable using the quadratic formula and you would pick the positive x value that’s within the range.

[isarose0]

If the x value is less than 5% of the initial concentration, then the approximation (of removing the -x from the equation) is valid.

[Yvonne Du]

If the concentration of H+ or OH- is less than 5% of the concentration of HA or HB, you can ignore the x when it is being subtracted or added(i.e. 2-x=2).

[Sheridan Slaterbeck 1J]

5% rule is a way you can test if you assume x is so small of a number it is negligible in finding x. for example if Kc= x^2 / (.55-x) you could try the assumption and calculate for x like this Kc=x^2 /(.55). Once you get a value you can test if it is less than 5% of the initial concentration given. If it is less then the assumption holds, if not you have to solve for x the quadratic way.

[Nathan Mariano 2G]

The 5% rule allows one to ignore the x in the denominator if the equilibrium constant is less than 10^-3 when performing ICE table calculations. The change in concentration (x) must be less than or equal to 5% of the initial concentration. If the change in concentration (x) is greater than 5%, then you cannot ignore the x and must solve a quadratic equation to find the change in concentration (x).