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In the Classroom
The Role of Water Chemistry in Marine Aquarium Design: A Model System for a General Chemistry Class
Jeffrey J. Keaffaber, Ramiro Palma, and Kathryn R. Williams
Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
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February 2008
Vol. 85 No. 2
p. 225
Abstract
Water chemistry is central to aquarium design, and it provides many potential applications for discussion in undergraduate chemistry and engineering courses. Marine aquaria and their life support systems feature many chemical processes. A life support system consists of the entire recirculation system, as well as the habitat tank and all ancillary water treatment processes. Many fundamental concepts learned in general chemistry, for example, unit conversion, solution concentrations, stoichiometry, redox reactions, and acid–base chemistry are all key to understanding the life support system. This article uses a hypothetical tank to house ocean sunfish as a model to show students the calculations and other considerations that are needed when designing a marine aquarium.
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Keaffaber, Jeffrey J.; Palma, Ramiro; Williams, Kathryn R. J. Chem. Educ. 2008, 85, 225.
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Keywords
Acids / Bases; Aqueous Solution Chemistry; Chemical Engineering; Consumer Chemistry; First-Year Undergraduate / General; High School / Introductory Chemistry; Interdisciplinary / Multidisciplinary; Oxidation / Reduction; Second-Year Undergraduate; Stoichiometry; Water / Water Chemistry
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1/9/2008
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