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jlinwashington1B
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ICE

Postby jlinwashington1B » Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:20 pm

What is X on an ice table ?

Iris Bai 2K
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Re: ICE

Postby Iris Bai 2K » Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:31 pm

X is just a variable used to find the value you are looking for. I would set X as whatever concentration the question is asking you to find.

Julia Lung 1I
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Re: ICE

Postby Julia Lung 1I » Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:39 pm

X represents the change in concentration, it can either be positive or negative whether it is increasing or decreasing.

EllaBerry
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Re: ICE

Postby EllaBerry » Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:46 pm

X is the variable you use to represent the unknown concentration of something. -X and +X therefore then represent the change in concentration of a reactant.

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Re: ICE

Postby Raj_Bains_2C » Wed Jan 16, 2019 11:48 pm

The x is just a variable that represents the change in concentration, which we are trying to solve for.

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Re: ICE

Postby Samantha Jimenez 4k » Fri Jan 18, 2019 3:14 pm

X is the change in concentration from reactants to products, thus, the reactant's end concentration would be its initial-change(which is x), the products, on the other hand, are just x since they are equal to the change in concentration from the reactant.


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