Questions tagged [aqueous-solution]
For questions relating to compounds dissolved in water and resulting reactions.
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Can carbon monoxide become entrained in water, and will it affect the pH of that water? [on hold]
A hot gas containing $\ce{CO2}$ and $\ce{CO}$ will pass through a water cooler. I know that $\ce{CO2}$ can be dissolved in the water, form carbonic acid, and lower the $\mathrm{pH}$ of the water. Will ...
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Titration of barium(II) hydroxide by hydrochloric acid
$\pu{25 ml}$ of $\pu{0.024 M}$ $\ce{HCl}$ is titrated into a volumetric flask which initially contains $\pu{45 ml}$ of $\pu{0.034 M}$ $\ce{Ba(OH)2}$. Calculate the $\mathrm{pH}$.
This is how I ...
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Potassium carbonate vs. Potassium hydroxide in Wood Ash
I'm trying to get more concrete information about the chemical process of creating soap from wood ash.
What I’m confused about: Many soap-making materials say that you create potassium hydroxide ...
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Which of acid aqueous solution 1) to 4) is non-volatile one?
I am working on my scholarship exam practice assuming high school chemistry knowledge and struggling at how I can rationalize this question.
Which of acid aqueous solution 1) to 4) is non-volatile ...
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Solubility: Is the common ion effect proportional to individual solubility values?
I'm trying to grasp how solubility works in real applications. Is it so that in a solution with only one salt, it's solubility will change upon the addition of another salt with a common ion in a ...
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Products of the reaction between chromium(III) chloride, zinc and sulfuric acid
The aim of my experiment was to make a Cr(II) aquacomplex in situ, and for that I have the reaction:
$$\ce{CrCl3·6H2O + Zn}$$
and I add concentrated sulfuric acid to it. I know that chromium(III) ...
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How do I go about either finding or calculating Aluminum-Oxalate salt solubility values in aqueous medium?
Water would contain other salts which may complicate things a bit. But finding out the Aluminum-Oxalate salts solubility values in pure water would be a good indicator already. It's for temperatures ...
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Does adding solutes to water alter its triple point? [closed]
Does adding solutes to water alter its triple point? If yes, how do we find the new temperature and pressure of this point?
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Mixing cobalt(III) hydroxide and thallium(III) hydroxide
A simple question on solutions is driving me crazy. At this point, I think the textbook's wrong. Here's the question:
A saturated solution of cobalt(III) hydroxide $(K_\mathrm{sp} = \pu{1.6e-44})$ ...
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Over time what happens to soluble liquids with different densities
I have a case with two liquids: Water and another chemical which is miscible in water.
The chemical has a density of 800 g/l so it's 20% less dense than water.
Initially the chemical was mixed with ...
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Is this balanced redox equation correct? [closed]
I'm trying to balance an equation using oxidation numbers
$\ce{MnO4^- + H+ + Cl- -> Mn^2+ + Cl2 + H2O}$
my suggestion:
$\ce{MnO4- + 8H+ + 5Cl- → Mn^2+ + 2.5Cl2 + 4H2O}$
the 2.5 $\ce{Cl2}$ is ...
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Redox titration or iron(II)
The concentration of $\ce{Fe^2+(aq)}$ can be determined by a redox titration using
A. $\ce{KBr}$
B. $\ce{SnCl2}$
C. $\ce{KMnO4}$ (basic)
D. $\ce{KBrO3}$ (acidic)
Can anyone please ...
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How much salt (or any other substance one can find in a kitchen) do I need to add to make water boil at 104 °C? [closed]
I've seen some formulas around in other questions and Google searches, but my chemistry is pretty much dead so I have no clue where to find the relevant values to calculate it myself. I just need to ...
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Molarity of pure water [closed]
The molarity of pure water is 55.5 M at which temprature is obtained this value? Further, you will come across that 1000 mL = 1000 g (for water only, but at which temprature?)
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Is it appropriate to approximate solute particles in a dilute solution as an ideal gas?
I was studying osmosis and I came across the formula for osmotic pressure. I decided to see the derivation for osmotic pressure in a dilute solution. The derivation involved an equation involving the ...
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Can Diatomaceous Earth be added to another chemical to harden it?
I've researched plenty, but cannot find this answer. If Diatomaceous Earth is 85% Sodium Silicate, could it be added to plaster of paris, with water, to form a hard surface, with the benefit of the ...
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What is the final molar concentration (molarity) of the nitrate ions in the resulting solution?
A chemist mixes 16.3 mL of 1.23 M sodium nitrate with 6.28 mL 0.823 M solution of calcium nitrate. What is the final molar concentration (molarity) of the nitrate ions in the resulting solution?
What ...
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How to find the concentration of barium ions in a mixture of barium sulfate and barium thiosulfate?
I have a hard time with selective precipitation problem.
A mixture of $\ce{BaSO4}$ and $\ce{BaS2O3}$ is shaken with pure water until a saturated solution is formed. Both solids remain in excess. ...
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Henry's law p = kx vs m = kp
What exactly is the difference between the following equations?
$$p = kx \qquad\text{and}\qquad m = kp$$
Is the $k$ in both same, because I have seen same $k$ in textbooks for both equations?
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Comparing vapour pressure of 1 molar vs 1 molal solution of sodium chloride
Say, we have 1 molar solution of $\ce{NaCl}$ and 1 molal solution of $\ce{NaCl}$. Among these, which will have maximum vapour pressure?
I know that vapour pressure will depend on the number of $\ce{...
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Do TDS meters measure HCO₃⁻/CO₃²⁻?
I am trying to add $\pu{2 g}$ of $\ce{KHCO3}$ to $\pu{20 L}$ of RO water $(\mathrm{pH} = 5.2)$ which theoretically it will add
$$
\begin{array}{lr}
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\ce{K+} &\pu{10.32 ppm} \\
\ce{HCO3-} &...
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Neutralisation Reaction Confusion
What will happen when $\pu{1 mol}$ of $\ce{H2SO4}$ reacts with $\pu{1 mol}$ of $\ce{NaOH}$?
Will $\pu{1 mol}$ each of $\ce{NaHSO4}$ and water be formed?
Or will $\pu{0.5 mol}$ of $\ce{H2SO4}$ will ...
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Heating 2% solution to get 4% solution
I have a 2% solution of Zinc sulfate in water (in heptahydrate form) that I want to turn into 4% solution instead of having to buy 4% solution separately.
Would heating it to 100 degrees Celsius and ...
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Solubility of PbSO4
The solubility of $\ce{PbSO4(s)}$ increase with the addition of $\ce{H2SO4}.$ Why?
I don't quite understand this. When dissolving $\ce{PbSO4(s)}$ we get the equilibrium equation:
$$\ce{PbSO4(s) <=...
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How to reduce surface tension of oil?
I would like to create tiny colored drops slowly falling down in a transparent liquid.
The diameter of the droplets must be around 2mm, and their speed must be approximately 0.5 mm / sec.
For that, ...
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How addition of a soluble salt affects equilibrium involving precipitation with a base sharing the same cation?
I have the following reaction at equilibrium:
$$\ce{Ba(NO3)2(aq) + KOH(aq) <=> Ba(OH)2(s) + 2 KNO3(aq)}$$
Will there be a change in the equilibrium if the salt $\ce{KCl}$ is added? Will the ...
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What are the enthalpy and entropy contributions to carboxylic acids dissociating in water?
Carboxylic acids such as acetic acid do not dissociate much in the gas phase. In aqueous solution, however, they act as acids (proton donors).
$$\ce{CH3COOH(aq) <=> H+(aq) + CH3COO-(aq)}$$
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Calculating pH of solution
What is the $\mathrm{pH}$ when you dissolve equal amounts of $\ce{NaHCO3}$ and $\ce{Na2CO3}$ in water?
When both of the compounds are dissolved, we will have equal amounts of $\ce{HCO3-}$ and $\ce{...
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Which “exotic salt” can lower water's freezing point by 70 °C?
The Medium.com article Mars Phoenix Lander, 10 Years Later shows several remarkable images and discoveries on Mars by the Mars Phoenix Lander circa 2008.
One image (shown below) shows what looks like ...
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Adjustment of calcium, magnesium and alkalinity in drinking water?
It's been a long time since I did any molar chemistry in school and despite doing a lot of reading on the subject this week, I am making a mess of some basic calculations. I hope that someone who ...
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How to measure quantities at standard state when this state is a hypothetical one?
Consider the reaction
$$\ce{A(g) + H2O(l) <=> B(aq) + C(g)}$$
If all gases and solutions were ideal, the standard state would be pure water, the solute B at a concentration of 1 M, the gases A ...
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Can I use the Henderson–Hasselbalch for calculating the pH of non-buffer systems?
Can I use the Henderson–Hasselbalch equation on reactions that are not buffers? When I read up on the derivation of the equation, I noticed that there is absolutely no assumption on the relative ...
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Concentration in a solution
If I mix up 46.29 grams of Potassium Nitrate powder (KNO3) in 1000mL of water and then take 1 ml of that solution and put it into 1 gallon of water what will the ppm of "K" and "NO3" be separately. ...
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What happens if you put a piece of copper into a solution containing Al3+ ions?
This is a question in my studies, and I am a little bit confused! I would think it happens nothing because copper is below aluminium in the reactivity series, right?
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Trichloroacetic acid aqueous solution
I have bought some anhydride of trichloroacetic acid (TCA) and would like to prepare an acidic solution. My problem is, that I don't know how much "powder" to mix with how much water to produce an x% ...
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Can tin(IV) sulfide be synthesized from tin(II) chloride via oxidation with sulfite in acidic media? [closed]
Will the following reaction occur?
$$\ce{2Na2SO3 + 6SnCl2 + 12HCl → 4NaCl + 5SnCl4 + SnS2 + 6H2O}$$
I'm going to synthesizing $\ce{SnS}$ and $\ce{SnS2}$ NP's, but our supply is runned out and ...
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pH of CH3COOH + HCl solution (shouldn't be a buffer)
$\pu{0.05 L}$ of a solution containing $\pu{0.3 M}$ acetic acid $(\ce{CH3COOH}$, $K_\mathrm{a} = \pu{1.8e-5})$ are added to $\pu{75 mL}$ of a solution containing $\pu{0.02 M}$ hydrochloric acid ($\ce{...
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Would the change in enthalpy (ΔH) for the dissolution of urea in water be positive or negative?
To test the properties of a fertilizer, $15.0\ \mathrm g$ of urea, $\ce{NH2CONH2(s)}$, is dissolved in $150\ \mathrm{mL}$ of water in a simple calorimeter. A temperature change from $20.6\ \mathrm{^\...
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Cleaning a stubborn Electrospray residue
I have an electrospray ionization capillary tip that sprays into a chamber that contains some circuit boards. An aqueous CsI sample is apparently causing a white residue to build up on these boards ...
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Does the amount of solute affect rate of solvation?
I know that in order to increase the rate of solvation, you need to increase how often solute and solvent particles come into contact.
You can do it by:
agitating the mixture
increasing the surface ...
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Molarity Numerical on Mixing Solutions
If 3 L of 1 M NaOH solution is prepared by mixing properties of stock solutions of $x$ L of 2.5 M NaOH and $y$ L of 0.4 M NaOH and no water is to be used, find $x : y$.
My attempt:
$$3 = 2.5x + 0.4y$...
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Precipitating silver(I) salts from the solution of barium(II) cyanate and iodide
Consider a $\pu{10.0 mL}$ solution containing $\pu{1.0e-10 M}$ each of $\ce{Ba(CN)2}$ and $\ce{BaI2}$. If $\pu{3.5e-9 mol}$ of $\ce{AgNO3(s)}$ is added to this solution, will any precipitate(s) form? ...
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Why doesn't open-chain glucose react with water readily in aqueous solution?
Though the exact number given varies from 0.02% to 3%, it's well agreed that glucose spends a very small percentage of its time in aqueous solution as a linear aldehyde. Glucose's overwhelming ...
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What happens when mixing elemental mercury with sodium hypochlorite solution [closed]
Say you spilled elemental mercury from a thermometer and used household bleach on it, what would be the reaction if any?
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Liquid Versus Aqueous States? [closed]
I am studying ionic equations and have encountered the statement of the phase of matter in the equation since ionic substances tend to react differently based on their phase.
I know that
(l) state ...
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Preparation of Copper (II) Sulfate Pentahydrate Solution
how would you make a solution of Copper (II) Sulfate Pentahydrate to achieve 150, 200, 250 and 300 mgL−1 concentration of copper? I do not have the anhydrous version of the solute. Also, when I ...
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Influence of pH on precipitate crystallite sizes?
It's normally assumed that a higher pH of solution would slow nucleation rates and hence lead to larger crystal formation. I've found literature that it is due to solid-liquid inter-facial tension. ...
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What is the minimum operating temperature of chemical hand warmers?
I have been looking at chemical hand warmers such as Hot Hands, Grabber and HotSnapZ. Unfortunately, I cannot find a minimum operating temperature for these types of devices. Logic tells us that they ...
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What is the percent of potassium as K₂O in the fertilizer sample?
The solubility of sodium tetraphenylborate in water is $\pu{470 g/L}$ while the solubility of potassium tetraphenylborate in water is $\pu{1.8e–4 g/L}$. Due to the orders of magnitude difference in ...
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Unit analysis for neutralization reaction
What volume of $\pu{0.500 mol L-1}$ $\ce{HCl}$ (in $\pu{mL}$) is required to neutralize $\pu{2.02 g}$ of solid $\ce{NaOH}$ pellets?
So far I have tried regular unit analysis:
2.02 g NaOH * 1mol ...
