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I don't know why i am getting this wrong
Question :
Rank the following five salts in order of decreasing solubility, in terms of mass per unit volume.
(The most soluble gets rank 1, the least soluble gets rank 5.)
PbCl2 (ksp=1.60E-5)
Ca5(PO4)3OH (ksp=6.80E-37)
Ag3PO4 (ksp=1.80E-18)
Sr3(PO4)2 (ksp=9.00E-15)
Hg2CO3 (ksp=1.00E-31)
My answer
for each of the salt above, i found their molar masses
PbCl2 (278.106 g/mol)
Ca5(PO4)3OH (502.307 g/mol)
Ag3PO4 (418.574 g/mol)
Sr3(PO4)2 452.80 g/mol)
Hg2CO3 (461.188g/mol)
also for each of the salt i found the concentration of it in mol/L using each of the give Ksp.
for example, Ksp of PbCl2 = [PB2+][Cl-] = (x)(2x)^2 -----> find x and that will be the [PbCl2]
After that i would use that concentration in mol/L and multiplied it by the molar mass of PbCl2 to get the solubility in grams/ L
for each the salts, i did the same method as above... then i ranked them from highest solubility in g/L to lowest solubility...
my answer was
1 PbCl2
2 Ca5(PO4)3OH
3 AgPO4
4 Hg2CO3
5 Sr3(PO4)2
I am still not getting the correct answer.. what am i doing wrong ? did i mis-understood the question and ranked the salts in the opposite order or ?
Question :
Rank the following five salts in order of decreasing solubility, in terms of mass per unit volume.
(The most soluble gets rank 1, the least soluble gets rank 5.)
PbCl2 (ksp=1.60E-5)
Ca5(PO4)3OH (ksp=6.80E-37)
Ag3PO4 (ksp=1.80E-18)
Sr3(PO4)2 (ksp=9.00E-15)
Hg2CO3 (ksp=1.00E-31)
My answer
for each of the salt above, i found their molar masses
PbCl2 (278.106 g/mol)
Ca5(PO4)3OH (502.307 g/mol)
Ag3PO4 (418.574 g/mol)
Sr3(PO4)2 452.80 g/mol)
Hg2CO3 (461.188g/mol)
also for each of the salt i found the concentration of it in mol/L using each of the give Ksp.
for example, Ksp of PbCl2 = [PB2+][Cl-] = (x)(2x)^2 -----> find x and that will be the [PbCl2]
After that i would use that concentration in mol/L and multiplied it by the molar mass of PbCl2 to get the solubility in grams/ L
for each the salts, i did the same method as above... then i ranked them from highest solubility in g/L to lowest solubility...
my answer was
1 PbCl2
2 Ca5(PO4)3OH
3 AgPO4
4 Hg2CO3
5 Sr3(PO4)2
I am still not getting the correct answer.. what am i doing wrong ? did i mis-understood the question and ranked the salts in the opposite order or ?