1. A student is curious about the Ksp value for NaCl. The student looks up the value om the appendix of his textbook but cannot find a value for NaCl. Why not?
2. Draw the structure for the tetraborate ion.
Solution:- (1) Ksp values are given for the springly soluble compounds or the ones that we consider insoluble. NaCl is completely dissociated and water soluble. This is the reason why Ksp value for NaCl is not given in the appendix of the textbook.
(2) Tetraborate ion formula is B4O72- and it is a bicyclo compound. Each Boron atom has three single bonds with the oxygen atoms and two oxygen atoms would have negative charge as the ion has -2 charge. The structure would be as given below...
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