Ksp = 1.8 x 10-11 for magnesium hydroxide at 25°C.
E)Which solvent – 0.10 M KOH, 0.10 M Mg(NO3)2, neither, or cannot be determined – has a greater effect on the solubility of magnesium hydroxide? Offer an explanation why.
F)What happens (decrease, increase, no change, or cannot be determined) to the molar concentration of magnesium ion in the solution described in Part b above if some 6.0 M HCl is added to the saturated aqueous solution? Justify your choice.
*the solution described in part B has a concentration of Mg+2=9.0 x 10^-11 M and OH-=1.8 x 10^-10 M.
E)0.1 M Mg(NO3)2 has a greater effect on the solubility of magnesium hydroxide. This is due to common ion effect which is explained below.
When 0.1 M Mg(NO3)2 is added it produces Mg+2 cation and NO3- anion. Now already in the medium there was Mg+2 from Mg(OH)2. So the dissociation of Mg(OH)2 is reduced according to La Chatelier principal.
F) When 6.0 M HCl is added it will react with the OH- generated after the dissociation of Mg(OH)2. So according to La Chatelier principal the reaction will proceed to right side.
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