Q10 Effect On Thermoregulatory Processes

Q10 is a factor by which the rate of a reaction increases for every 10°C rise in temperature1. This can be applied to the thermoregulatory processes animals have to maintain homeostasis within a changing environment. Animals have the ability to regulate their body temperature as the environmental conditions change allowing them to survive. The Bayer™ company concluded that the dissolving time of Alka-Seltzer is faster in warmer water than in cold water.2 The increase in water temperature increases the collision rate which increases the rate the products are formed.1 If the experiment followed the Q10 model than the reaction rate would double for each 10°C temperature interval and therefore mimic the mammalian Q10 effect.

If the Alka-Seltzer tablets are dissolved in water at increasing temperature intervals, then the reaction rate will not double.

Formulation of Q10
푄10=(푅_2/푅_1 )^10(푇_2−푇_1 )
The graph shows the relationship between the temperature of the water and the time that it took for the tablets to dissolve.
The Q10 effect is a measure of the rate of change of a chemical process resulting from the increase of temperature by 10°C1. This Q10 effect quantifies the thermal regulation abilities of mammals in a changing environment. The equation for Q10 was used to determine the Q10 value for each temperature interval. The Q10 values determine that the reaction rate did not double between each time interval. However, to follow the Q10 effect the reaction rate must double. The results do not follow the Q10 effect, as water does not have the thermoregulatory abilities that a mammalian body would have. Mammals have thermoregulatory abilities that allow them to maintain homeostasis within a changing environment.3 Without this ability to thermoregulate their body temperatures, as global temperatures continue to rise, animal species will not be able to
survive.