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Why exactly does precipitation occur?

In a solution, we have ions floating around but when we have a precipitate, they're arranged as they would be in a solid. This conversion should cause a decrement in the entropy of the system and ...
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Determine the concentration of hydrogen cations to prevent precipitation of monocalcium phosphate?

Determine the $\ce{[H+]}$ needed to just prevent precipitation by $\ce{H2PO4-}$ in a $\pu{0.25 M}$ $\ce{H3PO4}$ solution that has $\ce{[Ca^2+]} = \pu{0.15 M}$. The $K_\mathrm{a1}$ of $\ce{H3PO4}$ is ...
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Is chromate a suitable indicator for the titration of Ag⁺ with Cl⁻?

To titrate $\ce{Cl-}$ with $\ce{Ag+}$ we use chromate $\ce{CrO4^2-}$ as an indicator. The titration reaction is: $$\ce{Ag+ + Cl- <=> AgCl}\tag{R1}$$ $$K_1 = \frac{1}{K_\mathrm{sp}(\ce{AgCl})} =...
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Reaction of citric acid and calcium chloride

I was planning to extract citric acid from lemon juice by reacting the lemon juice with calcium chloride hoping it would react to form calcium citrate and precipitate according to the reaction $$\ce{...
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The behaviour of Ag3PO4 in solution

To a $\pu{1L}$ flask, we add $\pu{4.1900 g}$ ($\pu{0.01001 mol}$) of $\ce{Ag3PO4}$, then fill it up with water. Knowing the following constants, we are asked to find the concentration of all species ...
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How much of the anion species is left over after the first precipitation?

Some barium chloride is added to a solution that contains both $\ce{K2SO4}$ ($\pu{0.050 M}$) and $\ce{Na3PO4}$ ($\pu{0.020 M}$). (a) Which begins to precipitate first: the barium sulfate or the ...
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Calculating equilibrium concentrations of silver and halide ions

$\pu{500 ml}$ of $\pu{0.01 M}$ $\ce{AgNO3}$ is mixed with $\pu{500 ml}$ of solution containing $\pu{0.1 M}$ $\ce{NaCl}$ and $\pu{0.1 M}$ $\ce{NaBr}$. $K_\mathrm{sp}$ of $\ce{AgCl}$ is $10^{-10}$ and $...
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Will NaF + CaCO3 precipitate much CaF2?

If I mix sodium fluoride, calcium carbonate powder, and water, under what conditions (if any) would there be an equilibrium? I.e. assume we start out with fully dissociated $\ce{Na+(aq) + F-(aq)}$, ...
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Precipitaiton of aragonite

I'm not positive what this questions is asking. The prompt says "Write balanced equations for the following processes. Chemical species should be the dominant ones at the given $\mathrm{pH}$. Show ...
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Why does CaSO4 break up when adding HCl but not BaSO4?

I observed in a solution with CaSO4 that the white precipitate dissolved when I added concentrated hydro chloric acid (37%). I assume CaSO4 had a divorce and Ca decided to hook up with two Cl- ions, ...
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How to calculate the amount of sodium sulfate needed to lower the silver ion concentration of a saturated silver sulfate solution?

How many moles of $\ce{Na2SO4}$ we have to add into a saturated $\pu{0.5 L}$ solution of $\ce{Ag2SO4}$ so that the concentration of $\ce{Ag}$ is $\pu{4.0 \times 10^-3 M}$? ($K_\mathrm{sp} = 1.4 \times ...
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How to determine the minimum pH at which iron(III) hydroxide dissolves completely?

Knowing $K_\mathrm{s} = 6\cdot10^{-38}$ for $\ce{Fe(OH)3}$ in neutral solutions, calculate the minimum pH of an acidic solution in order to completely dissolve $\pu{10 mg}$ of $\ce{Fe(OH)3}$. Data: $V ...
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Would a container made of sugar eventually dissolve if filled with a sugar-saturated solution of water?

Suppose you had a bottle made of sugar glass, and filled it with water that was already saturated with sugar. I know that with a fully saturated solution of sugar in water, no additional sugar can ...
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Why does the reaction between copper(II) ion and iodide ion proceed even though the E_cell of the set up is negative?

(iii) Another example of a reaction that does not agree with the theoretical prediction is the reaction between $\mathrm{Cu}^{2+}$ and $\mathrm{I}^{-}$ according to the equation below. $$ 2 \mathrm{Cu}...
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How many grams of sodium phosphate must be added to precipitate as much of one ion as possible?

Problem text: Solid sodium phosphate is slowly added to $\pu{200 mL}$ of a solution containing $\pu{0.002 mol}$ of aluminum chloride and $\pu{0.001 mol}$ of calcium chloride (assuming no volume ...
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