4. 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. Student Time for reaction (seconds): Solution A Time for reaction (seconds): Solution B 1 62 1 2 58 2 3 57 3 Write out the chemical reaction. Determine average values (time) 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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