(a) What mass of potassium nitrate would be needed to produce a saturated solution of potassium nitrate in 50 grams of water at 313K?(b) Pragya makes a saturated solution of potassium chloride in water at 353K and leaves the solution to cool at room temperature. What would she observe as the solution cools? Explain.
(c) Find the solubility of each salt at 293K. Which salt has the highest solubility at this temperature?
(d) What is the effect of change of temperature on the solubility of a salt?" ">

Pragya tested the solubility of three different substances at different temperatures and collected the data as given below(results are given in the following table, as grams of substance dissolved in 100grams of water to form a saturated solution).(a) What mass of potassium nitrate would be needed to produce a saturated solution of potassium nitrate in 50 grams of water at 313K?(b) Pragya makes a saturated solution of potassium chloride in water at 353K and leaves the solution to cool at room temperature. What would she observe as the solution cools? Explain.
(c) Find the solubility of each salt at 293K. Which salt has the highest solubility at this temperature?
(d) What is the effect of change of temperature on the solubility of a salt?"


(a) At 313 K, 62 grams of potassium nitrate dissolved in 100 grams of water. So to produce a saturated solution of potassium nitrate in 50 grams of water we need  
(62/ 100)  ×50 = 31
 31 g of potassium nitrate.

(b) Some soluble potassium chloride will separate out in the form of crystal at room temperature as on cooling the solution the solubility of potassium chloride will decrease.

(c) The solubility of each salt is given below:
(i)  Solubility of Potassium nitrate at 293 K is 32 g.
(ii)  Solubility of sodium chloride at 293 K is 36 g.
(iii) Solubility of Potassium chloride at 293 K is 35 g.
(iv) Solubility of Ammonium chloride at 293 K is 37 g.                                                      
The solubility of Ammonium chloride is highest at this temperature.

(d) The solubility of salt increases with the increase in temperature and decreases with a decrease in temperature. Thus, we can say that the solubility of a salt is directly proportional to temperature.

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