Chemistry 11

Practice questions for the Solutions 4 Powerpoint

Solution Stoichiometry
1. What volume of 0.600 mol/L calcium chloride will react with 50.0 mL of 0.200 mol/L silver nitrate?

2. What mass of precipitate is formed when 30.0 mL of 0.15 mol/L sodium carbonate reacts with excess aluminum
chloride?

3. What is the concentration of nitric acid if 20.0 mL of the acid completely neutralizes 15.5 mL of 0.100 mol/L sodium
hydroxide?

4. In a beaker, 15.0 mL of 0.500 mol/L copper(II) sulfate is mixed with 25.0 mL of 0.200 mol/L potassium carbonate. A.
What is the limiting reagent? B. What mass of precipitate is formed?

5. A 2.00 g piece of aluminum is added to 100.0 mL of 0.111 mol/L copper(II) sulfate. A. What is the limiting reagent?
B. What mass of copper metal is produced?

Net ionic equations

6. A student states the no reaction occurs when solutions of aluminum sulfate and iron(III) chloride are mixed. Write the
net ionic equation and support (explain why you agree) or refute (explain why you disagree) with this student.
7. Write a net ionic equation for each of the following reactions and identify any spectator ions.
a. sodium iodide reacts with lead(II) nitrate

b. aluminum reacts with copper(II) sulfate

c. potassium hydroxide reacts with hypochlorous acid

Selective Precipitation
8. You are given two solutions and told that one is barium nitrate and the other is magnesium nitrate. What solution
could you add to distinguish between them? Explain why this works.

9. You are given two solutions and told that one is sodium carbonate and the other is potassium hydroxide. What
solution could you add to distinguish between them? Explain why this works.

10. Given the following lab description and evidence, complete the analysis.
Problem: A solution is known to contain any of the following ions or none at all: lead(II), barium,
copper(II), and calcium. Which ions are present in the solution?

Experimental Design:
The ions will be identified by carrying out selective precipitation. The identifying solutions are added in the order they
appear in the table of evidence. If a precipitate forms then the identifying solution is added in excess and the precipitate is
filtered off. The filtrate (remaining solution) is then tested with the next identifying solution.

Evidence:

Selective Precipitation carried out on a test solution

Solution added Observations Test conclusion
for
lithium chloride ppt formed
potassium sulfide no ppt
sodium hydroxide ppt formed
potassium sulfate no ppt

Analysis:

11. In the previous lab, a student suggested reversing the order of the first two testing solutions (potassium sulfide THEN
lithium chloride). What observation would they see? Why is this design inappropriate?