Questions tagged [solutions]

This tag should be applied to questions dealing with solutions of any kind. A solution is a liquid or solid phase containing more than one substance where, for convenience, one (or more) substance(s) called the solvent is treated differently from the other substances, which are called solutes. If water is the solvent, then the more appropriate 'aqueous-solution' tag should (also) be specified.

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Does decreasing pH decrease solubility of adipic acid?

I added 3 grams of adipic acid to 150ml deionized water with heating + mixing until it was completely dissolved. This was then boiled and cooled to allow crystals to form. The maximum amount of adipic ...
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Watercolor pigment conundrum - can a change in ionic profile induce flocculation?

A client of mine has installed an ion exchange water purifier to de-harden her tap water. After that, however, she noticed that it has negatively affected her watercolor painting. From what she ...
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Why is solubility affected by temperature? [closed]

Why when we raise temperature generally a bigger concentration of a soluble gets dissolved in a inorganic solvent?Is there a quantum mechanical reason why this is happening?
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DIY Turbidity Standards?

I am trying to help my high school chemistry class make their own turbidity standards to calibrate the arduino turbidimeters they are making. Last year we tried calcium carbonate as it makes a cloudy ...
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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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What is the derivation for the expression of depression in freezing point?

In my textbook, it is written that the expression for depression in freezing point is $$ΔT_{f}=K_{f}\cdot m$$ where $ΔT_{f}$ is the freezing point depression (defined as positive value), $K_{f}$ is a ...
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What is the goopy substance that forms before CaCO3 precipitates?

I do a lab where we mix a solution of sodium carbonate with a solution of calcium nitrate. As expected, calcium carbonate (white solid) precipitates out. However, if the concentration is high enough, ...
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Is it possible to prepare a solution of hydrogen sulfate in a lab? What is the procedure to do so?

I don't want a buffer solution with it, I want to know if its possible to have a solution with only $\ce{HSO4^{-}}$ ions in it.
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Balancing a chemical reaction with oxidation numbers

We have been teached how to balance chemical reactions with oxidation numbers in school, but somehow I can't understand it. This is the equation to balance $$\ce{Cu(s) + NO3−(aq) + H+(aq) -> Cu^2+(...
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Technique(s) for keeping miscible liquids of similar densities from mixing

This is likely a hybrid chemistry/physics problem. Imagine you have a tall column of water with a high dissolved mineral content (density 1.05 g/cm^3). There is a straw that extends from above the ...
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Eutectic plot - freezing point lowering

I have a doubt about the correlation between eutectic plots and freezing point lowering. The freezing point lowering, as well as all colligative properties, is defined in the presence of a volatile ...
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Any way to predict what quantities of heptane and chloroform will match the density of water?

I am trying to make a solution of heptane and chloroform that matches the density of water. Is this something which must be done experimentally as it is generally unpredictable? Does a software exist ...
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What are the reactions between Zinc acetate dihydrate and Methoxyethanol? [closed]

I am synthesizing a sol-gel solution with Zinc acetate dihydrate + Methoxyethanol and ethanolamine as stabilizer, and I wonder what are the reactions that are taking place in the process. Could you ...
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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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How come in biuret test the copper sulfate doesn't react with the sodium hydroxide?

As I understand the color change in the biuret test is due to the formation of a complex between the peptide (with more than 2 peptide bonds) and the $\ce{Cu^2+}$ ion, from $\ce{CuSO4}$. But before ...
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Decarboxylation of THCA in cannabis after plant material is mixed with ethanol [closed]

When making a tincture of cannabis, an early step is decarboxylation by roasting cannabis flowers at low temperatures (such as 230F for 30 minutes). My question is, how can one decarboxylate cannabis ...
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Hydrochloric acid substitute in an Iron-gall ink solution

Recently I started experimenting with making my own ink to be used in fountain pens. I was wondering if hydrochloric acid in an iron-gall ink is used to prevent sediment ONLY by lowering the pH of ...
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Electrolysis of Solutions

So far I've only encountered formulas to solve for solutions of single molecules while learning about electrolysis, i.e. H2O or FeCl3. This generally has involved determining the resultants, ...
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Why lowering of vapour pressure is not a colligative property?

In my textbook, it is written that lowering of vapour pressure is not a colligative property but relative lowering of vapour pressure is a colligative property. But why is that? There is literally no ...
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What is an equivalent?

I want to know what is an equivalent and how is it different from equivalent mass. How to calculate and why is it used in chemistry for knowing concentration?
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Confusion on when to use mass of entire solution when performing q=mc∆T

I hope you are having a good day. I am studying for the AP Chemistry exam in May 2020. While studying, I encountered a doubt. In Problem 1 (the question on the top), the educator saw that the ...
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Colligative properties and binary phase diagrams

I'm having troubles with colligative properties and how to relate them to binary liquid-vapour and solid-liquid phase diagrams. First of all, in my book it is indicated that colligative properties are ...
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Is the process of volume decrease in NaOH solutions reversible during evaporation of water from the solution? [closed]

While preparing w/w 50% NaOH solution I noticed a decrease in solution volume (5-10mL) in a 2L volumetric flask, so I am wondering if there is an increase in water volume during the water evaporation ...
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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 $\ce{...
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Calculate the titer of a solution

I hope this is the right place to ask. We have this exercise without solution One litre of diluted sodium hydroxide solution (c = 0.15mol/litre) is to be prepared in the laboratory. The titer from ...
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Why is water present in "pure" nitric acid and RFNA and WFNA?

Various types of nitric acid have been used in rocket fuels as oxidisers (RFNA is red fuming nitric acid, WFNA is white fuming nitric acid) as they are often hypergolic with a wide variety of fuels. ...
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Silver recovery from sodium hydroxide solution

I have washed graphic film with sodium hydroxide solution removing the silver emulsion. Is there any way to now recover the silver from solution?
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What is the easiest way to concentrate a solution without causing it to hydrolyze?

I’ve been working with iron acetate solutions in dilute acetic acid (vinegar) and I’ve been running into a problem. Every time I try to boil off the solvent the solution hydrolyzes to form iron oxides....
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Are mixtures of finely ground solid fertilizer compounds stable? [closed]

If I had a combination of the following as finely ground powders, would it be relatively stable, or would they react to form other compounds? Sodium Nitrate Ammonium Nitrate Calcium Nitrate Potassium ...
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Making a reagent preparation simpler that requires pH adjustment

I have a basic question on a reagent (solution) preparation. Here are the steps that I take to prepare the reagent: Weigh the chemical (solid form, ammonium bicarbonate) and dissolve with DW to make ...
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Heat and Sugar Syrup Consistency

I make my own sugar syrups and have been observing how heating the syrup to different degrees results in syrups of radically different consistencies, I wonder why. Heating up syrups (4:3 Sugar:Water) ...
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Does addition of solute affect the rate of condensation?

I know that addition of a non-volatile solute in a pure solvent effects the rate of evaporation as the number of molecules leaving the liquid bulk per unit time decreases. However when the rate of ...
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Why are the vapor pressure of toluene and benzene different?

We learnt to apply Raoult's law for the ideal solutions. When the questions are asked, they tell that the intermolecular forces of toluene and benzene are equal. But in the same question, they provide ...
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Preparing a solution of hydroxylamine hydrochloride in HCl, struggling

I recently came across a paper with a methodology description i cant seem to get the grasp of. I need to make a particular solution for Fe extraction. The protocol's description is from this paper. ...
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is it possible to make crystals of multiple organic compounds that form a homogenous mass under normal conditions

I was thinking about crystals of organic compounds recently after I had to clean beeswax off a pot. it's an extremely tedious process to remove. you have to boil water in the pot and then continually ...
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How to determine if two calibration curves are parallel, within 5%

I have complex matrices and I need to make sure the matrix does not affect the measurement of my analyte. To do that, I need to prepare samples of my analyte in a solvent and of the matrix reinforced ...
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Why do we cool the solution after melting it?

We conducted an experiment to analyze the molar mass of a solid by observing the freezing point depression it brought to cyclohexane. In short, the experiment procedure is as follows the freezing ...
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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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How do I calculate the amount of preservatives one would need for a cleaning solution?

I plan on making a very simple cleaning solution to clean metal contacts on PCB boards. It cannot contain anything that is flammable or hazardous so I've come up with the solution below. Distilled ...
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Does concentrated HNO3 oxidize aluminium to form a protective oxide layer, or is the oxide layer already present so HNO3 is unable to react? [duplicate]

Sources on the internet like this one only say that aluminium does not react with concentrated or dilute $\ce{HNO3}$. I have seen other related questions on this site but none answers my question ...
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Why is 10 times phosphate-buffered saline more acidic (~6.9) than 1 time phosphate-buffered saline (~7.4)? [closed]

Recently, I've been told that similar pH shift (of about 0.5 units) was observed with 20 times NPS solution as well. In case of NPS the authors provide the following recipe for the 20 times solution: ...
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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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Can ferrous ions exist in an acidic solution?

Can Fe2+ ions exist in an acidic solution or will they always pick up available protons and become Fe3+? My hunch is they can't exist but I'm not really sure. If the latter, does that mean that ...
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How to calculate composition of alcohol/water mixture to achieve given concentration of alcohol vapors in air for calibrating a DIY breathalyzer?

I made a breathalyzer using a MiCS-5524 gas sensor. I would like to calibrate it so it can be close to accurate. e2v technologies — MiCS Application Note 4, Using MiCS Sensors for Alcohol Detection (...
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Why aluminum does not form ammonia complex ion?

I learned in my textbook that zinc forms more stable complex ion with NH3 than OH- because NH3 has only one lone pair and that makes repulsion between d orbital electron in zinc and lone pair electron ...
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Is mass of solute included in calculation of enthalpy of solution? [duplicate]

$$ \begin{array}{lrrrr} \hline & \ce{MgSO4} & \ce{K2SO4} & \ce{KNO3} & \ce{NH4NO3} \\ \hline m/\pu{g} & 15 & 15 & 15 & 15 \\ M/\pu{g mol^-1} & 120.37 & 174.26 ...
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Where does the residue accumulate in the boiling point composition curve?

My teacher was teaching the boiling point composition curve for fractional distillation and provided the diagram shown below. It shows that the residue starts accumulating at the point on the vaprous ...
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Why did The Action Lab say that solutes that don't dissolve as well in hot water are exothermic?

Somewhat recently, The Action Lab made a video called "Why does this powder only dissolve in cold water?" , saying the powder which was calcium acetate dissolves in cold water better than in ...
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When is a solution supersaturated? [duplicate]

When does a solution become supersaturated? From a little search on Google I found that, increasing the temperature of a saturated solution and adding some more solute until it starts to precipitate ...
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How do I interpret the dissolution rate unit? [closed]

I have found a paper (link) that is interesting for my research project. The dissolution rate unit in this paper is described as $\pu{mol/cm^2/s}$. For my project I would need the dissolution speed ...

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