Solubilities of ionic salts

The solubilities of ionic salts have wide range. For instance, in contrast to silver perchlorate (AgC104), which has a solubility of 55.7 g per 100 g of water, only 0.00018 g of silver chloride (AgCl) can dissolve in 100 g of water. If the maximum amount of solute dissolved in 100 g of water is less than 0.1 g, this solute is said to be insoluble. The solute that has a solubility range from 0.1 g to 1 g is called slightly soluble. If the amount of solute is more than 1 g, then it is soluble. Silver perchlorate is a soluble compound but silver chloride is an insoluble compound in water. It is not necessary to memorize the solubilities of substances. Solubility tables (e.g.,Table 2) help you determine whether a substance is soluble, insoluble, or slightly soluble in water. 

Bronsted acids and bases Solubilities of ionic salts... 

Tabulated values of solubilities of ionic salts refer to the maximum amount of solid that will dissolve in a given mass of water to give a saturated solution. 

D. A. Johnson (1982) Some Thermodynamic Aspects of Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd edn, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge - Contains a useful discussion of the solubility of ionic salts in aqueous solution. 

The thermodynamic cycle shown in Eqn. 59 allows a discussion of the solubilities of ionic salts, where AG and AG are the free energy changes associated with the sublimation of the lattice into the separate gaseous ions at a standard state and the... 

Solubilities of ionic salts Solubility and saturated solutions... 

The solubility of ionic salts can be predicted by noting the relative sizes of the ions in the material. If there is a large difference in size of the ions the substance is more likely to be soluble. Lithium is the smallest ion among the alkali metals. Based on the rule noted above, which lithium halogen salt is the most soluble and which is the least soluble Explain your reasoning. 

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