4-15 pHto precipitate ison
Given: Groundwater has 1.800 mg/L Fe and desired concentration is 0.30 mg
Solution: From Table 4-2 pKsp = 38.57 for Fe(OH)s
Kep = 1077 = 2.69 x 10°
o.30me/t.
re]=_—_230ms/E___ sg 3710 mole/t
(55.85g/mole)(1000 mg/g)
Kee = [Fe][OHP
lox
2.69x10 \*
5.3710"
01x10)” =7.94%10-" mole/L
pOH = -log (7.94x 10)
por 14.00- 11.10= 2.90
1.10 and pl
4-18 Fluoride solubility
345x104 F= 1.0 mg/L and Ca
Given: Solubility product of C
Solution:
a, Convert Ca and F to moles/L
200me/L
» |=___ 4 00107 mole/L
lew] (40.08 g/mole\1000 me/e) a
1LOmg/L
(19.00 2/mole)(1000mg/;
3.2610" mole/L
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b. Calculate solubility of F with 200 mg/L of Ca in solution.
Kop = [Ca FP
Kep = [4.99 x 10°F] =3.45x 10"
¢, Since 8.31 x 10” is greater than 5.26 x 10°, the 1.0 mg/L of F will be soluble.
| 345x107
”
8.3110~ mole/L.
4.99%104-19 Concentrations of Ca and SOs
Given: CaSQy solution, addition of 5.00 x 10 M NaySOs, pKsp = 4.31
Solution:
a. From Appendix A
CaSO, @ Ca* +80,"
898 x 10°
Kep= 104 =
b. Calculate the molar concentrations of Ca™” and SO, at equilibrium
[ca*"] = [s04"] = 4.898 x 10°)! = 6.998 x 10°
¢. Set up quadratic equation where
[ca (6998x102)-x
ko.
(6.998x107)+ (s.00x107)-x = (1.200x107)—x
Kg = (6.998107 —x).200x107 —x)=4.898%10
(5.308% 10 )-(1.899x107 jk+x? = 4898x107
898x10%
=. 89910 +(6.398x10"):
~(.899x10" k +6.s00%10")=0
4, Solve the quadratic equation for roots
1.999107 +
x= 3384x107 and x =4.137%107
¢. Because 3.384 x 107 > 6.998 x 10°, or more than we started with, select x=4.137 8
19
£ The amount of Ca” remaining is
[ca] = 6.998 x 10° = 4.137 x 10"
The amount of sulfate remaining is
[S04] = 6.998 x 10° + 5.00 x 10° — 4.137 x 10° = 7.861 x 10° moleL4-31 Converting from mgiL as CaCO3 to mg/L.
Give
: Concentrations in mg'L as CaCOs
Solution:
2 because HCO; has 2 H’ replaceable)
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50.04
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