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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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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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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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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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Creating a 10 ppb Lead Nitrate Solution

I’m trying to make a 10 ppb Lead Nitrate solution as part of a concentration calibration step for a Beer Lambert’s Law experiment. I plan on performing a dilution in three steps. The calculations have ...
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What is the procedure to create stock solutions?

Until now to execute this recipe, each time i had to count those milligrams/Liter. An enough difficult procedure. I am posting here this question to help me understand the procedure of creating ...
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