Carbon Dioxide and Water Readily Combine to Form Carbonic Acid

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Essay

Carbon dioxide and water readily combine to form carbonic acid.The change in pH as the acid dissociates can be demonstrated with an indicator dye that changes color at a particular pH.In your physiology lab, you perform this experiment in two beakers containing room-temperature water and indicator, labeled as A and B.CO₂ is bubbled into solutions A and B from a pressurized tank for 10 seconds.A stopwatch was used to measure how long it took for the solutions to change color.The data below were generated by the students.
$$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | } \hline \text { Student } & \begin{array} { l } \text { Time for reaction (seconds) } \\\text { Solution A }\end{array} & \begin{array} { l } \text { Time for reaction } \\( \text { seconds): Solution B }\end{array} \\\hline 1 & 62 & 1 \\\hline 2 & 58 & 2 \\\hline 3 & 57 & 3 \\\hline\end{array}$$
Write the chemical equation for this reaction.Determine average values for each beaker.Explain how the reaction times differed.What may be present in beaker B that is absent from beaker A?

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