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An analogy for stoichiometric analyses
For this assignment, think of an analogy for stoichiometric analyses that relates this topic to your everyday life. In your analogy, relate the following terms to their meaning in chemistry to the role they play in your analogy:
- chemical equation
- coefficient
- starting material
- product
- balanced
- conversion factor
Example:
In lecture, I provided the example of baking 12 muffins (the product). I discussed how one would need 1 cup flour, 2 eggs, 1 cup sugar, a teaspoon of baking powder, etc (the reactants). The amounts of starting materials I need ( 1 cup flour, 2 eggs, etc), and the expected amount of muffins (12) would be the coefficients in this "balanced chemical reaction" which is really just the recipe to make the 12 muffins. If I wanted to double this recipe, I would need to use conversion factors that relate each of the starting materials to the product:
1 cup flour = 12 muffins so to make 24 muffins instead I'd use this conversion: 24 muffins x (1 cup flour/12 muffins) = 2 cups flour.
