Experiment 21: To determine the solubility product of calcium hydroxide 4 Mabou ty ‘ My > 7 way ode Balas te Bns90 e & is which we refer a {I extent. The te Many ich we refer to as Insoluble do actually dissolve to a sma 4 m. aid lly used for these types of salts. In a saturated solution of a sparingly” it luble is usual aa equilibrium can be established between the dissolved ions and the undissolved Salt at a given temperature. For example ONOune ‘ 3 +r oog + | CalOH), 4) = oe a) 20H" 4 The equilibrium expression is 2 ‘ eRe OO a8 esas 4 [CaP yg] [OH gal ; (Ca(OH), 4) es - K = Since only a small amount of Ca(OH), .. dissolves and its concentration is in large excess, the concentration of Ca(OH), ,. remains relatively constant. Thus K,{CA{OH) l= [Ca pa} OH ig” 3 Aconstant K, multiplied by a constant [ Ca(OH), .] gives a new constant which is called the” solubility product (K,.). 4 os Kg = [Ca ig] OH F “ suet The solubility product is an equilibrium constant for sparingly soluble ionic compounds. Itis the product of the concentration of the ions in a saturated solution of the salt, raised to the appropriate powers. In this experiment, the concentration of the hydroxide ions is determined by titration and the result is then used to calculate the solubility product, Apparatus & materials * 0.05 mol dm? HCI + saturated calcium hydroxide solution (allow to ‘lar for 2 days before filtering and keep stoppered,) ma 50 cm* burette 25 cm’ pipette Scanned with CamScanner lainPO 5 + 0 250 cm? conical flasks im screened methyl orange indicator _ Procedure pipette 25 om’ of saturated calcium hydroxide 1. Pian into @ conical flask. 2 one drop of screened methyl orange and titrate * against the 0.05 mol dm? HCl. 3, Repeat the titration as many times as you think } Pecessary to get accurate results. Table 4 Rough 1 2 3 | Fra burette reading fem? | o=.1/', mea inital burette reading /em? used /cm? Volume of acid Data analysis 4. Find the number of moles of HCI used in the titration. 2. Find the number of moles of hydroxide ions present in 25 cm? of saturated calcium hydroxide. 3. Find the molar concentration of the hydroxide ion in the saturated solution. ), find the molar 4. Using the answer from (3) in the saturat concentration of the calcium ion it solution. Scanned with CamScannerUsing the expression for the solubility product of calcium hydroxide in terms of the molar concentration of the ions, calculate the solubility product of calcium hydroxide. . Scanned with CamScanner