Question

In, general how can I determine if a given chemical equation or equilibrium is a good model for something, such as freshwater or ocean water?

Answer 1

Chemical equation and the equilibrium analysis are the key model for freshwater and ocean water analysis as it gives us an insight about what is the chemicals present in the water and in what chemical composition and concentration.

Let's take an example of water purifier-

There are many impurities present in the water and that is in the form chemicals. So with the equilibrium analysis we can easily know what are the chemicals present in the water and their concentration. Later we can apply the methods by which we can separate them from the water (Reverse osmosis, Ultraviolet separation).

Same is the importance of equilibrium analysis in the oceans also. In the Ocean, the water is getting polluted day by day increasingly because of the industrial oils and wasteges which are expelled in the same. It is very important for us to save the aquatic life getting affected by this. To save the aquatic life we would need to analyse the level of wastes in the ocean. And for that we may need to know what are the Chemicals present in the oceans. By equilibrium analysis of the ocean water sample we can get the concentration and type of waste and its chemical formula. And based on that we by scientific methods try to reduce the amount of wastes which are there in the ocean. Of course we cannot take out all the wastes from the ocean because it's in a large quantity but we can reduce the waste generation accordingly.