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Adding aluminum sulfate to neutralize an aqueous solution of sodium silicate with pH of 12.6
How much aluminum sulfate do I need to add to an aqueous solution of sodium silicate to neutralize the solution (pH from 12.6 to 7)?
For a water treatment school project, we remove sodium silicate ...
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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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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
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