You add 0.0100 g of solid Na2CO3 to 1.000 L of a 1.00 x 10-5 M aqueous solution of Ba(NO3)2. Will a precipitate of BaCO3 (s) form?
Na2CO3(aq) + Ba(NO3)2(aq) ----> BaCO3(s) + 2NaNO3(aq)
concentration of Ba^2+ions = 1.00 *10^-5 M
concentration of CO3^2- ions = Na2CO3 = (0.01/106)*(1/1) = 9.434*10^-5 M
Qsp of BaCO3 = [Ba^2+][co3^2-]
= (1.00 *10^-5)(9.434*10^-5)
= 9.434*10^-10
ksp of BaCO3 = 5.1*10^-9
Qsp < Ksp. so that no precipitation takes place.
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