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This page is a brief introduction to solubility product calculations.
These are covered in more detail in my chemistry calculations
book.
Example 2
These calculations are very simple if you have a compound in
which the numbers of positive and negative ions are 1 : 1. This
next example shows you how to cope if the ratio is different.
The solubility of magnesium hydroxide at 298 K is 1.71 x 10-4 mol
dm-3. Calculate the solubility product.
The equilibrium is:
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For every mole of magnesium hydroxide that dissolves, you will get
one mole of magnesium ions, but twice that number of hydroxide
ions.
So the concentration of the dissolved magnesium ions is the same
as the dissolved magnesium hydroxide:
The trick this time is to give the unknown solubility a symbol like x
or s. I'm going to choose s, because an x looks too much like a
multiplication sign.
If the concentration of dissolved magnesium hydroxide is s mol
dm-3, then:
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