The following boxes represent aqueous solutions containing a weak acid, HX, and its conjugate base,X- . Water molecules, hydronium ions and cations are not shown. Which solution has the highest pH? Explain. [Section 17.1]
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The following graphs represent the behavior of BaCO3 under different circumstances. In each case the vertical axis indicates the solubility of the BaCO3 and the horizontal axis represents the concentration of some other reagent.(a)Which graph represents what happens to the solubility of BaCO3 as HNO3 is added? (b) Which graph represents what happens to the BaCO3 solubility as Na2CO3 is added? (c) Which represents what happens to the BaCO3 solubility as NaNO3 is added? [Section 17.5]
Solution
Problem 9E
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The following graphs represent the behavior of under different circumstances. In each case, the vertical axis indicates the solubility of the
and the horizontal axis represents the concentration of some other reagent (a) Which graph represents what happens to the solubility of
as
is added? (b) Which graph represents what happens to the
solubility as
is added? (c) Which represents what happens to the
solubility as
is added? [Section]
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The dissolution reaction of Baco, is as follows:
The solubility of the decreases in presence of a common reagent
is a strong conjugate base of the weak acid
Hence, in presence of an acid,
converts into
, Hence, equilibrium shifts to the right. That means in presence of an acid, the solubility of
, increases. If the concentrations of the other species have no effect on the equilibrium then the solubility remains constant
(a)
As the concentration of (acid) increases the solubility of
increases. Hence, the graph which represents this behavior is as follows:
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