Chemistry 1210

25th September 2013

Experiment 1: Investigating the solubility of 5 salts

1. Abstract

The solubility of 5 salts is measured. Through the experiment, it was found

that the solubility of the 5 salts CaSO4, NH4NO3, KNO3, NACL and Cu(NO3)2 are,

respectively, 32.7g, 39.4g, 13.6g, 25.9g per 100g of water, and Cu(NO3)2 is

insoluble. Based on the data, it is indicated that the salt that has the highest

solubility is ammonium nitrate, and the lowest is potassium nitrate.

2. Result

Table 1: Masses of salt, volumes of water, temperatures, densities, solubilities

and molarities of five salts.
Solubility
Mass of Volume of Temp Density Molarity
Salt (g/100g of
salt (g) H20 (mL) (C) (g/mL) (M)
H2O)

Cu(NO3)2 5.00 15.3 23.0 1.29 32.7 2.33

NH4NO3 5.00 12.7 22.9 1.143 39.4 4.02

KNO3 5.00 36.8 20.3 1.08 13.6 1.29

NaCl 5.00 19.3 23.2 1.34 25.9 4.72

CaSO4 5.00 Insoluble