Practice: Ranking Solubilities

You have a series of beakers, each containing 100 mL of a different solution. If you added nickel (II) hydroxide (Ni(OH)2) to each of the beakers, rank them in order of the relative solubility of the Ni(OH)2 in each:

𝑁𝑖(𝑂𝐻)2(𝑠)β‡Œπ‘π‘–2+(π‘Žπ‘ž)+2π‘‚π»βˆ’(π‘Žπ‘ž)𝐾𝑠𝑝=6.0Γ—10βˆ’16𝑁𝑖(𝑂𝐻)_2 (𝑠) β‡Œπ‘π‘–^{2+} (π‘Žπ‘ž)+2𝑂𝐻^βˆ’ (π‘Žπ‘ž) \qquad \qquad 𝐾_{𝑠𝑝}=6.0Γ—10^{βˆ’16}

Additional Data:

Ni2++6NH3β‡Œ[Ni(NH3)6]2+Kf=5.5Γ—108Ni^{2+}+6NH_3β‡Œ[Ni(NH_3)_6]^{2+}\qquad K_f=5.5\times10 ^8

Rank – 1: most soluble, 5: least soluble
A.
1
B.
3
C.
5
D.
4
E.
2










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