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Chemicals that form coloured complexes with Pb(II) cations

I’m currently conducting a photo-spectrometric analysis of lead concentration in water, and was looking into using Eriochrome Black T (EBT) as an indicator for $\ce{Pb^2+}$ (due to the complex forming ...
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How to dissolve a powdered drug once it has been mixed with water

For a biological experiment I have acquired $\pu{10 mg}$ of CHIR 99021 (laduviglusib). In order to obtain a $\pu{10 mM}$ stock solution, I had to dissolve the powder in $\pu{2.15 mL}$ of dimethyl ...
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Stability of n-Dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside in buffer solutions for assay experiments

I have a buffer system which contains multiple salts and in addition DTT and n-Dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside. I understand that DTT is hydrolysing quite fast and this component must be used always fresh ...
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What does it mean for a substance to be "sparingly soluble"?

I have trouble understanding what solubility means. Merriam-Webster defines it as follows: 1 the quality or state of being soluble 2 the amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given amount of ...
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Creating 1L of 1000 ppb stock solution of Pb2+

I’m testing on samples that require a concentration of 1000 ppb (or 1 mg/L) of Pb 2+. My first thought was to simply dissolve 1 mg of Lead nitrate in 1 L of deionized distilled water to create 1 L of ...
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1 answer
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Are all salts completely dissociated in solution when put in smaller amounts than their molar solubility?

From what I understand, the solubility is given in terms of molar solubility (or $\pu{K_{sp}}$), from which it can be easily calculated). Indeed, the saturation point represents the maximum amount of ...
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Difference in calculated pH and the real pH of a phosphate buffer

I want to prepare a buffer system with $\mathrm{pH} = 7.00$ and a total concentration $c_\mathrm{tot} = \pu{0.10 mol l^-1}$ using sodium hydrogen phosphate $(\ce{Na2HPO4})$ and sodium dihydrogen ...
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What is the inconsistency in calculating the differences in Na2O and NaOH in solids (v2)?

(Note that this question has been fully edited for clarity, SE help advised not to delete the question and post another). Background: I have a computer model in which I feed it input data from various ...
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Magnesium vs calcium vs barium ions from these 3 tests

How do I pick up the difference between barium, calcium, and magnesium ions? I had to do a quantitative analysis practical exam: I was given an aqueous solution of a salt, and when adding separately ...
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Determining the concentration of a very small sample of sulfuric acid

How can we determine the concentration of sulfuric acid in a very small sample? We are working on a “mechanical” process that transports a very small amount of sulfuric acid to an instrument and we ...
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Determining iron(III) content in mixture of iron(II) and iron(III) [closed]

Problem Outline a plan of an experiment to determine the percentage of iron present as iron(III) in a solution containing $\ce{Fe^3+(aq)}$ and $\ce{Fe^2+(aq)}$ ions. You are provided with zinc, a ...
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An Index Poisoning Case Involving Dichlor and Carbonic Acid [closed]

I'm currently working an unusual case of poisoning, with Sodium Dichloro-S-Triazinetrione. In my case, I need to know the expected reaction with carbonic acid. I'm also curious if anyone could give ...
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pH meter mechanism - connecting potential differences

This question was asked here: pH probe bulb - what is happening within the glass? and How does a pH glass electrode work?. But, the mechanism remains unanswered. How does a potential difference ...
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Disparity between LeChatelier's Principle and Solutions

Let's say that there is a solution $\ce{Na+(aq) + Cl-(aq) <=> NaCl(s)}$ If the above solution is at equilibrium we can say that it is saturated and hence no more Sodium Chloride will dissolve. ...
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Problem in the calculation of ionic strength of a solution

Recently I've been trying to answer the question 10-13 (c) of 9th edition of Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry of Skoog et al. Comparing my answers with the student manual , I realized that my ...

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