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Interpretation:
Whether will form precipitate or not is to be determined.
Concept introduction:
Solubility product is equilibrium constant for reactions that occur when an ionic compound is dissolved to produce ions. It is denoted by Consider to be an ionic compound. Its dissociation occurs as:
The expression for itsis as follows:
A precipitate of an ionic compound will form when solution that contains constituent ion is mixed. The precipitation depends on value of ion product (IP). The IP is defined in the same way as Also, the concentrations in expression for IP are concentration at time t and not equilibrium concentrations. Consider to be an ionic compound. Its dissociation occurs as follows:
The expression for its IP is as follows:
The conversion factor to convert into
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