17.4 Solubility and Ksp

Struggling with Solubility Equilibria? Not to worry, Chad breaks down how to perform calculations involving Molar Solubility and Ksp.
01:10 - Solubility Equilibria
02:05 - KSP
05:28 - Solubility Calculations
13:07 - Calculating KSP
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I lost him around 14:40. Basically if there is a multiple choice question asking which one had the lowest solubility, and the answer choices were AgCl, Mg(OH)2, and BiI3, you would have to compare the X's? Since the lowest X was AgCl's, then that would be the one with the lowest solubility? I know X is for Molar Solubility, and Ksp is Solubility Product. But what do they entail that makes a difference between the two? And why do we have to compare the X's when the compound breaks up into a different amounts of ions, instead of just using Ksp?

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X is the molar solubility or simply the solubility as it is the concentration of solid that dissolves into solution. So if you're comparing the solubility of two compounds it is this value that you should be specifically comparing. But compounds that dissociate into the same number of ions will have the same mathematical relationship between the value of 'x' and the Ksp. In such cases the one with the higher Ksp will also have the higher 'x' value and so you could just get away with comparing the Ksp vales. This would work when comparing AgCl to AgBr or SnS as they all dissociate into 2 ions. Or it could work for comparing Ag2S to BaF2 as they both dissociate into 3 ions. But if you were to try to compare AgCl to Ag2S which dissociate into a different number of ions, you're going to want to calculate the 'x' values rather than compare the Ksp values. The mathematical relationship between 'x' and Ksp will be different for them and the one with the higher Ksp is may or may not have the higher 'x' value (and the higher solubility). Hope this helps!

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Would the idea that you mentioned at the end of the video be related to the Van Hoff Factor? The whole idea concerning the 3 reactions breaking up accordingly into (x^2), (4x^3) and (27x^4)?

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I'd never considered relating it to the van't Hoff factor, but you total could. i=2 Ksp=x^2 i=3 Ksp=4x^3 i=4 Ksp=27x^4 Nice call!

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