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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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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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Calcium ion and sulfate did not form precipitate
I was in the chemistry lab earlier this week. We were doing a qualitative experiment (no concentration given for any solution).
I added an unknown solution that contains $\ce{Ba^2+},$ $\ce{Ca^2+},$ ...
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Calculating solubility of iron(III) hydroxide in water
The following example in Skoog's Analytical Chemistry uses mass-balance and charge-balance equations to calculate the solubility of iron(III) hydroxide in aqueous solution.
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\ce{Fe(...
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What causes the turbidity when preparing Fenton's reagent?
New guy, please be gentle. I might ask questions not according to conventions, I am not a chemist nor do I study chemistry. Feel free to adapt the question and the tagging.
I am preparing a solution ...