Practice Questions:

1. One liter of water is able to dissolve 2.15 x 10 mol of PbF . What is the K for PbF ?
-3
2 sp 2

2. The molar solubility of CoCO in a 0.10 M Na CO solution is 1.0 x 10 mol/L. What is K for
3 2 3
-9
sp

CoCO ? 3

3. The molar solubility of PbF in a 0.10 M Pb(NO ) solution is 3.1 x 10 mol/L. Calculate K for PbF .
2 3 2
-4
sp 2

4. What is the molar solubility of AgBr in water?

5. What is the molar solubility of Ag CO in water? 2 3

6. What is the molar solubility of AgI in 0.20 M NaI solution?

7. What is the molar solubility of Fe(OH) in a solution with a hydroxide ion concentration of 0.050 M?
3

8. Will a precipitate of CaSO form in a solution if the Ca concentration is 0.0025 M and the
4
2+

SO concentration is 0.030 M? For CaSO , K = 2.4 x 10 .

4
–
4 sp
-5

9. Will a precipitate form in a solution containing 3.4 x 10 M CrO and 4.8 x 10 M Ag ? -4

4
-2 -5 +

10. Will a precipitate of PbSO form if 100 mL of 1.0 x 10 M Pb(NO3) solution is added to 100 mL of
4
-3
2

2.0 x 10 M MgSO solution?

-3
4

11. Will a precipitate of PbCl form if 50.0 mL of 0.10 M Pb(NO ) solution is added to 20.0 mL of
2 3 2

0.040 M NaCl solution?

12. Barium Sulfate is so insoluble that it can be swallowed without significant danger, even though
Ba is toxic. At 25 C, 1.00L of water dissolves only 0.00245 g of BaSO . What is the K of Barium
2+ o
4 sp

Sulfate?

13. A student prepared a saturated solution of CaCrO and found that when 100 mL of this solution 4

was evaporated, 0.416 g of CaCrO was left behind. What is the value of K for this type?
4 sp

14. Copper (I) Chloride has K = 1.9 x 10 . Calculate the molar solubility of CuCl in
sp
-7

a) pure water

b) 0.020 M HCl

c) 0.020 M MgCl 0.020 M Au(NO )

2 3 3

15. At 25 C the value of K for LiF is 1.7 x 10 and for BaF , 1.7 x 10 . In terms of moles per liter,
o
sp
-3
2
-6

which salt is the more soluble in water? Calculate the solubility of each in these units.

Answers: 1.
PbF <=>Pb + 2F C = n/v
2
2+ –

2.15×10 2.15×10 4.3×10 C = 2.15×10-3 mol

-3 -3 -3

1L

Ksp = [Pb ][F ] C = 2.15×10-3 mol/L

2+ – 2

Ksp = (2.15×10 )(4.3×10 ) -3 -3 2

Ksp = 3.98×10 -8

2.

CoCo <=>Co + CO
3
2+
3
2-
Na CO =>2Na + CO
2 3
+
3
–

1×10 1×10 1×10 0.1 0.2 0.1

-9 -9 -9

Ksp = [Co ][Co ] 2+

3
2-

Ksp = (1×10 )(1×10 + 0.1) -9 -9

Ksp = 1×10 -10

3.

PbF <=>Pb + 2F
2
2+ –
Pb(NO ) =>Pb + 2NO
3
2+
3
–

3.1×10 3.1×10 6.2×10 0.1 0.1 0.2

-4 -4 -4

Ksp = [Pb ][F ] 2+ – 2

Ksp = (3.1×10 + 0.10)(6.2×10 ) -4 -4 2

Ksp = 3.86×10 -8

4.

Ksp = 5.0×10 AgBr Ag + Br -13 + –

xxx

Ksp = [Ag ][Br ] + –

5.0×10 = x -13 2

x = 7.07×10 -7

∴ Molar solubility = 7.07×10 -7

5.

Ag CO <=>2Ag + CO3 Ksp = 8.1×10

2 3
+ – -12

2x x
Ksp = [Ag ] [CO ]
+ 2
3
–

8.1×10 = 4x
-12 3

x = 2.015×10
3 -12

x = 1.3×10 -4

∴ Molar solubility is 1.3×10 -4

6.

AgI <=>Ag + I + –
NaI=> Na + I
+ –

x x x 0.2 0.2

Ksp = [Ag ][ I ]
+ –

8.3×10 = (x)(x + 0.2) Negligible because Ksp is very small.

-17

x = 4.15×10 -16

∴ Molar solubility is 4.15×10 -16

7.

Fe(OH) <=>Fe + 3OH

3
3+ –
OH = 0.05
–

x x 3x

Ksp = [Fe ][ OH ]
3+ – 3

1.6×10 = (x)(3x + 0.05) Negligible because Ksp is so small

-39 3

Since the value of Ksp is very small the value of x will be negligible hence can be ignored

x = 1.28×10 -35

∴ Molar solubility is 1.28×10 -35

8.

Trial Ksp = [Ca][SO ] 4

Trial Ksp = (0.0025)(0.03)

Trial Ksp = 7.5×10 Ksp = 2.4×10 -5 -5

∵ Trial Qsp > Ksp

∴ Precipitate will form

9.

Ksp = [Ag ] [CrO ] Ag CrO =>2Ag + CrO

+ 2
4
-2
2 4
+
4
2-

Trial Ksp = (4.8×10 ) (3.4×10 ) -5 2 -4

Trial Ksp = 7.83×10 -13

∵ Trial Qsp < Ksp

∴ No precipitate will form

10.

Pb(NO ) Pb + 2NO MgSO =>Mg + So

3 2
+2
3
–
4
2+
4
2–

CV = CV CV = CV
1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2

(1.0×10 )(100) = C (200) (2.0×10 )(100) = C (200)

-3
2
-3
2

C = 5.0×10 C = 1×10
2
-4
2
-3

PbSO => Pb + SO
4
+
4
2-

Trial Qsp = [Pb ][SO ] Ksp = 6.3×10 2+

4
2– -7

Trial Qsp = (5.0×10 )(1×10 ) -4 -3

Trial Qsp = 5×10 -7

∵ Trial Qsp < Ksp

∴ No precipitate will form