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Cream of tartar, a common ingredient in cooking, is the
Chapter 16, Problem 77(choose chapter or problem)
Cream of tartar, a common ingredient in cooking, is the common name for potassium bitartrate (abbreviated KBT, 188.2 g/mol). Historically, KBT was a crystalline solid that formed on the casks of wine barrels during the fermentation process. Calculate the maximum mass of KBT that can dissolve in 250.0 mL of solution to make a saturated solution. The Ksp value for KBT is 3.8 104
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Cream of tartar, a common ingredient in cooking, is the common name for potassium bitartrate (abbreviated KBT, 188.2 g/mol). Historically, KBT was a crystalline solid that formed on the casks of wine barrels during the fermentation process. Calculate the maximum mass of KBT that can dissolve in 250.0 mL of solution to make a saturated solution. The Ksp value for KBT is 3.8 104
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Problem 77
Cream of tartar, a common ingredient in cooking, is the common name for potassium bitartrate (abbreviated KBT, molar mass = 188.2 g/mol). Historically, KBT was a crystalline solid that formed on the casks of wine barrels during the fermentation process. Calculate the maximum mass of KBT that can dissolve in 250.0 mL of solution to make a saturated solution. The 
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KBT dissolves to form the potassium ion and the bitartrate ion. In this setup, s is the solubility of the ionic solid in mol/L. This is defined as the maximum amount of salt that can be dissolved.
The solubility equilibrium is
Therefore, the concentration of the KBT is
