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Why is supersaturated sodium acetate so (meta)stable?
Sodium acetate is a common example used in general chemistry lectures to illustrate the idea of supersaturation, and that precipitation of a supersaturated solution can be initiated by a seed crystal. ...
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Variation of conductance of saturated aqueous solution with temperature
The following question was asked in JEE Mains 2020:
Let $C_{\ce{NaCl}}$ and $C_{\ce{BaSO4}}$ be the conductances (in S) measured for saturated aqueous solutions of $\ce{NaCl}$ and $\ce{BaSO4}$, ...
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Calculating total volume mixing NaCl and water
I'm (as a non chemist) trying to calculate the the volume of a NaCl solution. The problem is that I know the volume of water prior to mixing in NaCl, but I want to know the volume of the solution ...
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Gouy-Chapman model
Recently I have been investigating the problem of a neutral solutions (with equal number of anions and cations) interacting with an infinite surface $z=0$ with electrostatic potential $\phi(z=0)=\...
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Colligative properties: why does the size of solute not matter?
Colligative properties are defined as the "properties of solutions that depend on the ratio of the number of solute particles to the number of solvent molecules in a solution, and not on the ...
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What determines the maximum size of salt crystals as grown in flux growth?
Like many other children, I grew single crystal salt crystals in a salt solution. This is a common and fun experiment for children.
However, with both this experiment, and with flux growth methods ...
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Why does soapy dishwater lose soapiness over time?
I wash dishes by making a concentrated solution of dishsoap (eg dawn) and water. Sometimes I'm lazy and forget to wash the container containing the soap solution, and it sits on the counter overnight....
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Ionic emission spectrum contamination
Imagine that I am trying to identify the presence of ions from among the metals $\ce {Li,Na,K,Ca,Sr, Ba}$ in some solution through their emission spectrum.
By mistake the wire used to introduce ...
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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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Increasing energy density for flow batteries with water based electrolyte?
Given a flow battery with a water based electrolyte, would it be possible to increase the energy density of battery by precipitating the redox active species from the anolyte and catholyte solutions? ...
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Buffer solution of NaH2PO4 and Na2HPO4
We have this exercise without solutions
From a 0.2 M $\ce{NaH2PO4}$ solution and a 0.2 M $\ce{Na2HPO4}$ solution, a buffer
solution with pH = 6.8 is to be prepared. The total concentration of
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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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Can addition of a "neutral" salt like NaCl assist pH test strip measurement accuracy in low ionic strength/poorly buffered solutions?
After a web-search, it seems ISAs (Ionic Strength Adjusters) are offered commercially to assist pH electrode/probe measurements. Presumably meant to increase conductivity (without affecting pH ...
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Science of soap bubbles
On the web there are tons of different recipes for a solution to make soap bubbles.
Most of them use only three ingredients:
water
dish soap
glycerin
But their ratios widely change among the sources....
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What is the precipitate of aqueous copper (II) and polysulfides?
So if you heat up a piece of sodium engulfed in a large excess of sulfur, what you would get (from what I've read) is sodium polysulfide $\ce{NaS_n}$. But how large can $n$ get? If you left sodium ...
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