Name: Anonymous 2009-04-11 14:22
This has me pissed. I need to use the solubility product for Fe(OH)3 (2.6 x 10^-39) to calculate the pH at which it will precipitate from a .2 M Fe solution.
Thank you chemistry lab for not giving me a sample problem, and thank you chemistry class for not being up to speed with the lab.
Here's what I have so far... the only thing is, where do I plug the molarity in? Should I just be using the Ksp value and the .2 M as the concentration of Fe with that times three and cubed for [OH]?
Ksp Fe(OH)3 = 2.6 x 10^-39
Fe(OH)3 (s) ↔ Mg3+(aq) + 3OH-(aq)
Ksp = [Fe3+][OH-]3 = 2.6 x 10-39
Ksp = (s)(3s)3 = 27s4 = 2.6 x 10-39
s = 9.9061 x 10-11 M
[OH-] = 3s = 2.97183 x 10^-10
pOH = -log(2.97183 x 10^-10) = 9.53
pH = 4.47
Thank you chemistry lab for not giving me a sample problem, and thank you chemistry class for not being up to speed with the lab.
Here's what I have so far... the only thing is, where do I plug the molarity in? Should I just be using the Ksp value and the .2 M as the concentration of Fe with that times three and cubed for [OH]?
Ksp Fe(OH)3 = 2.6 x 10^-39
Fe(OH)3 (s) ↔ Mg3+(aq) + 3OH-(aq)
Ksp = [Fe3+][OH-]3 = 2.6 x 10-39
Ksp = (s)(3s)3 = 27s4 = 2.6 x 10-39
s = 9.9061 x 10-11 M
[OH-] = 3s = 2.97183 x 10^-10
pOH = -log(2.97183 x 10^-10) = 9.53
pH = 4.47