Ionic Equilibrium
Ionic Equilibrium
Ionic Equilibrium
Purpose:
Theory:
Sparingly soluble salt is a type of salt which has very low solubility in water.
When it is in contact with water, it will form saturated solution eventually and equilibrium
between water and the excess undissolved are achieved. Then, when this solution is in
contact with another solution, the equilibrium between both solutions is achieved after
several period of time. The product of the concentration of ions in saturated solution of
the salt, raised to the power of the stoichiometric coefficient of the respective ion is
known as KSP. To determine or measure the KSP the following formula is used
The brackets in the formula are representing the concentration of the ions in the
bracket. For example KSP for aqueous lead(II) iodide is given by
The higher the value of KSP the more soluble is the salt. However, we need to know the
concentration of the lead(II) ion and iodide ion first to calculate the value of K SP of PbI2.
mol
The formula for molarity is: (equation1): M =
dm ³
total volume
Whereas (equation2)mol=molarity X
1000
So, by substituting equation2 into equation1 we could find the concentration of the ions
of the salt.
volume
KSP=
[ molarity X
1000 ]
volume ₁+volume ₀
Materials:
Apparatus:
1.
Procedure:
Result:
Solution KA 1 KA 2 KA 3 KA 4
[Pb(NO3)2] mol 0.25 0.10 0.05 0.02
dmˉ3
[KI] mol dmˉ3 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Volume of
Pb(NO3)2
Vo/cm3
Volume of KI,
V/cm3
(Vo + V) / cm3
Questions:
1. From your titre values, calculate the concentration of lead(II) iodide ions at the
end point for each of the solutions KA 1, KA 2, KA 3 and KA 4. Enter the
concentration values obtained in the table 1 and complete the table.
Solution KA 1 KA 2 KA 3 KA 4
[Pb 2+]
[Iˉ ]
[Pb2+][Iˉ ]2
2. Sketch a graph of [Pb2+] [Iˉ ]2 against [Pb2+].
3. Comment on the values of the ionic product, K SP of PbI2.
4. Calculate the average value for the solubility product of lead(II) iodide.
5. What is the effect of increasing the concentration of lead(II) ions on K SP of PbI2?
Answer
1. A
2. A
3. A
4. A
5. When the concentration of lead(II) ion is increases, the KSP remain
unchanged because there is no change in temperature. However, more solid
will be formed due to the increasing of concentration of the lead(II) ion. In
order to keep the KSP value is constant, the concentration of the iodide ion
must be decreased. So, some of the iodide ion will bind to the lead(II) ion
producing solid lead(II) iodide salt.