CHM 2046C   Sample Module 12      Name: __Answers_____

 

H. Comparing Solubility of Salts        10 points

An insoluble substance is defined as one that has solubility less than 0.01 moles/liter of water.

Using  Ksp  values, tell which salt in each pair is more soluble in water:

 

1.  AgCl   (Ksp = 1.8 x 10-10) or   AgCN  (Ksp = 6.0 x 10-17)

 

Answer:

 

2.  Mg(OH)2  (Ksp = 5.6 x 10-12) or   Ca(OH)2  (Ksp = 5.5 x 10-5)

 

Answer:   

 

3.  MgCO3   (Ksp = 6.8 x 10-6) or   CaCO3  (Ksp = 3.4 x 10-9)

 

Answer:

 

4.  FeCO3   (Ksp = 3.1 x 10-11) or   Ag2C2O4  (Ksp = 5.4 x 10-12)

 

Answer:

 

Which compound in each pair is more soluble in water than is predicted by a calculation from Ksp :

 

5.    AgBr  (Ksp = 5.4 x 10-13) or   AgCN  (Ksp = 6.0 x 10-17)

 

Answer:

 

6.    PbCl2  (Ksp = 1.7 x 10-5) or   PbCO3  (Ksp = 7.4 x 10-14)

 

Answer:

 

7.    PbCl2  (Ksp = 1.7 x 10-5) or   PbF2  (Ksp = 3.3 x 10-8)

 

Answer:

 

Which insoluble compound in each pair should be more soluble in nitric acid than in pure water:

 

8.    PbCl2  (Ksp = 1.7 x 10-5) or   PbS  (Ksp = 9.0 x 10-24)

 

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9.  AgCl   (Ksp = 1.8 x 10-10) or   Al(OH)3  (Ksp = not known)

 

Answer: A

 

10.    AgI  (Ksp = 8.5 x 10-17) or   Ag2CO3  (Ksp = 8.5 x 10-12)

 

Answer: