CE 435/535 Groundwater Hydrology and Geochemistry

Fall - 2023
Home Work # 04

Total Marks = 100 Due on October 30th, 1:00 pm

Question 1: (a) What is the concentration of a saturated silver (I) acetate solution?
Ksp(AgC2H3O2) = 1.94 x 10-3. (10 pts)

(b) Calculate the solubility product for lead chloride (PbCl2). If 50.0 mL of a saturated
solution of lead chloride was found to contain 0.2207 g of lead chloride dissolved in it
(ignore activity coefficients). (10 pts)

Question 2: If I make a solution by adding water to 35 mL of methanol (CH3OH) until the final
volume of the solution is 275 mL… (20 pts)

a) What is the molarity of methanol in this solution? (The density of

methanol is 0.792 g/mL)
b) What is the percent by volume of methanol in this solution?

Question 3: (a) Assuming the CO2 partial pressure in air above a lake at sea level is 4.0 x 10-4
atm, what is the equilibrium concentration of CO2 in the lake at 25oC? (Henry’s law constant is
32 L . atm / mole). (10 pts)

(b) BaCO3 has a solubility of 7 x 10-5 mol/L. What is its Ksp? (10 pts)

Question 4: Given the following ground water analysis:

Constituents Concentration (ppm)

Na+ 145
Ca2+ 134
Mg2+ 44
HCO-3 412
SO-24 429
Cl- 34

(a) Calculate the molarity of each groundwater constituents. (10 pts)

(b) Calculate the ionic strength of groundwater. (10 pts)

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Question 5: For each of the following reactions, complete the summary table below the
equation. If an element does not undergo any change, leave the last two columns blank
(20 pts)

a. 4 HCl + O2  2 H2O + 2 Cl2

Final
Initial e- gained Oxidized or
element Ox.
Ox. No or lost reduced
No.
H 
Cl 
O 

b. 4 Al(s) + 3 O2(g)  2 Al2O3

Final
Initial e- gained Oxidized or
element Ox.
Ox. No or lost reduced
No.
Al 
O 

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