Show your reasoning in describing what would be the effect on the calculated equilibrium constant for each of the following mistakes. 1. Your buret was not rinsed with NaNCS solution before use and still contained traces of distilled water.
2. The spectrophotometer was set well-past infinite absorbance upon calibration with the sample holder empty.

The readings of equilibrium constant is incorrect.

Explanation:

There is a mistake in the value of equilibrium constant if the burette contains traces of distilled water because the water will be present in the solution from which equilibrium constant is calculated. The spectrophotometer did not give the correct reading because its calibration is incorrect. If we want to gain correct readings from the spectrophotometer, we must have to calibrate the instrument correctly.

elements make up everything, and they combine to make compounds.

the answer is c