tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1150235933326346158..comments2024-03-18T19:36:10.480-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Le Chatelier's PrincipleAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-4436702664192116792012-04-30T19:38:30.902-04:002012-04-30T19:38:30.902-04:00Good, more science guys. We were short on them fo...Good, more science guys. We were short on them for so long around here, and it's nice to be back on the upswing.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-76337290177100225722012-04-30T16:10:21.347-04:002012-04-30T16:10:21.347-04:00Le Chatlier's principle is the heart of the Ha...Le Chatlier's principle is the heart of the Haber process: hydrogen gas and nitrogen gas are ultra-compressed to drive them into combination -- as ammonia liquid.<br /><br />While the reaction is actually exothermic, the reaction rate is astoundingly slow because the activated complex/ rate limiting step involves the cleavage of nitrogen gas -- which is extremely stable.<br /><br />Even with its great stability, at least some trivial fraction of nitrogen gas will be energenic enough to permit a colliding molecule of hydrogen to snap it apart. In the crowded pressure, the NH radical is instantly snapped up by more hydrogen to form ammonia.<br /><br />======<br /><br />Thermodynamics DOES apply to us and our economy. It is universal law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-52667923522192215012012-04-25T20:55:29.051-04:002012-04-25T20:55:29.051-04:00I'm guessing World of Warcraft spamI'm guessing World of Warcraft spamAssistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-18785847011757521052012-04-25T19:43:10.429-04:002012-04-25T19:43:10.429-04:00Does RS Gold's comment make sense to anyone, o...Does RS Gold's comment make sense to anyone, or is it just what is an arcane subject to me? Given the links, I'm guessing SPAM.Sam L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-91456499264186563872012-04-24T14:22:05.257-04:002012-04-24T14:22:05.257-04:00Then there is the folk version of Le Chatlier'...Then there is the folk version of Le Chatlier's principle: <a href="http://www.larry.denenberg.com/predictions.html" rel="nofollow">"It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future."</a>Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-9890058803926293762012-04-24T12:34:58.928-04:002012-04-24T12:34:58.928-04:00I took the reference to a change in volume to be s...I took the reference to a change in volume to be something different from what we would call "scaling up." In a chemical reaction, they probably would be referring to keeping the same number of molecules but expanding the volume they were contained in; i.e., decreasing the density. Le Chatelier's principle is about systems that are limited by negative feedback loops, so if you make a small change to the system, it adjusts until it reaches equilibrium again: homeostasis.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-564326469555094182012-04-24T00:14:54.378-04:002012-04-24T00:14:54.378-04:00Complexity is not just a multiplier, it's an e...Complexity is not just a multiplier, it's an exponential.<br /><br />And the fudge factors are worse.Sam L.noreply@blogger.com