Constant products

This table gives values of pKw on a molal scale, where Kw is the ionic activity product constant of water. Values are from W. L. Marshall and E. U. Franck, 7. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 10 295 (1981). 

ELECTROLYTES, EME, AND CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM TABLE 8.6 Solubility Product Constants Continued)... 

The solubihty and solubiUty product constants, X, for many silver compounds are given ia Table 1 (7—9). 

The temperature dependent equation for the solubiUty product constant iC is (29) ... 

Ionic Equilibria.. The ion product constant of D2O (see Table 3) is an order of magnitude less than the value for H2O (24,31,32). The relationship pD = pH + 0.41 (molar scale 0.45 molal scale) for pD ia the range 2—9 as measured by a glass electrode standardized ia H2O has been established (33). For many phenomena strongly dependent on hydrogen ion activity, as is the case ia many biological contexts, the difference between pH and pD may have a large effect on the iaterpretation of experiments. 

Solubility Product — The solubility product constant commonly referred to as the solubility product provides a convenient method of predicting the solubility of a material in water at equilibrium. Copper hydroxide, for example, dissolves according to the following equilibrium ... 

Note that the brackets, [ ], refer to the concentration of the species. K,p is the solubility product constant hence [Cu " ] and [OH] are equal to the molar concentrations of copper and hydroxyl ions, respectively. The K p is commonly used in determining suitable precipitation reactions for removal of ionic species from solution. In the same example, the pH for removal of copper to any specified concentration can be determined by substituting the molar concentration into the following equation ... 

These equations say that the Kh of an amine multiplied by the of the corresponding ammonium ion is equal to Kw, the ion-product constant for water (1.00 x 10 14). Thus, if we know Ka for an ammonium ion, we also know for the corresponding amine base because /stronger base has an ammonium ion with a larger p... 

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Precipitate Formation Solubility Product Constant (ffsp)... 

One way to establish equilibrium between a slightly soluble solid and its ions in solution is to stir the solid with water to form a saturated solution. As you might expect, the solubility of the solid, s, in moles per liter, is related to the solubility product constant, Ksp. In the case of barium sulfate dissolving in water we have... 

Using AG tables in Appendix 1, calculate the solubility product constant, Rsp, for PbCl2 at 25°C. 

The general approach illustrated by Example 18.7 is widely used to determine equilibrium constants for solution reactions. The pH meter in particular can be used to determine acid or base equilibrium constants by measuring the pH of solutions containing known concentrations of weak acids or bases. Specific ion electrodes are readily adapted to the determination of solubility product constants. For example, a chloride ion electrode can be used to find [Cl-] in equilibrium with AgCl(s) and a known [Ag+]. From that information, Ksp of AgCl can be calculated. 

K. See Equilibrium constant Ka. See Acid equilibrium constant See Base equilibrium constant Kc. See Equilibrium constant Kf. See Formation equilibrium constant Kr See Equilibrium constant K,p. See Solubility product constant K . See Water ion product constant K-electron capture The natural radioactive process in which an inner electron (n = 1) enters the nucleus, converting a proton to a neutron, 514 Kelvin, Lord, 8... 

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