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Physical Chemistry Forum / Re: solubility equilibrium
« Last post by Borek on April 16, 2024, 04:49:45 PM »
Hint: the final concentration of S2- must be that required to keep the Bi3+ at 1% of 0.01 M.

And to get there you need to first precipitate all mercury and 99% of bismuth.
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High School Chemistry Forum / Re: a paradox on finding an Oxidation number
« Last post by Borek on April 16, 2024, 04:46:20 PM »
every N in N2O5 has 4 bonds

That's a dangerous approximation, no wonder it produces strange results.

Note that ON are just an accounting device that helps in balancing redox reactions, in general there is no real world physical property that could be measured and called ON.
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Organic Chemistry Forum / Name of this structure
« Last post by jelly12 on April 16, 2024, 04:09:04 PM »
Hello.

I need help, what is this structure called? Thank you
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Physical Chemistry Forum / solubility equilibrium
« Last post by Luisa2901 on April 16, 2024, 04:08:20 PM »
If a solution contains 0.01 mol/L of Hg2+ and 0.01 mol/L of Bi3+ what mass of S2+ ions will be necessary to precipitate at least 99% of the bismuth present in one liter of this solution? And if the solution had lead instead of mercury, would the sulfate's mass be the same?

KspPbS=3,4x10-28
KspHgS=2×10-53
KspBi2S3=1,6X10-72

So, for letter a, I initially calculated which one of the cations would precipitate first(HgS). After that, I considered the following equilibrium:

KspHgS=[Hg2+].[S2-]
As I know the concentration of Hg2+ and the Ksp, I could determine [S2-].

I don't know what I have to do after that, could someone help me?
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High School Chemistry Forum / Re: a paradox on finding an Oxidation number
« Last post by Aldebaran on April 16, 2024, 03:53:06 PM »
@OP
I’m struggling a bit to follow your thinking process. In N2O5 oxygen has its usual 2- oxidation number which gives 5x2- = - 10 to be shared by two nitrogens giving +5 as the oxidation number for each nitrogen…..as already explained by previous responses. In oxygen difluoride the oxidation number for fluorine is -1. There’s two of them so the balancing oxygen has oxidation number of +2 not -2 as seems to be indicated in your original post. I feel I’m missing something in what you are searching for. Can you elaborate on your reasoning and where you are seeking clarification perhaps?
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High School Chemistry Forum / Re: a paradox on finding an Oxidation number
« Last post by amirziv24 on April 16, 2024, 03:19:35 PM »
Why you cannot find for nitrogen 5 *(-2) / 2 = = -5 so nitrogen has +5.
every N in N2O5 has 4 bonds. so 4 *(+1) = +4
however the correct answer is +5
so , I guess no it can't be done in this case but I don't know why
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High School Chemistry Forum / Re: a paradox on finding an Oxidation number
« Last post by Babcock_Hall on April 16, 2024, 02:48:25 PM »
Here we have nitrogen pentoxide, the anhydride of nitric acid, no peroxide group.
I agree.  On the other hand, I think that the strategy that the more electronegative atom essentially owns the electrons works well here.
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High School Chemistry Forum / Re: a paradox on finding an Oxidation number
« Last post by Hunter2 on April 16, 2024, 02:33:39 PM »
Here we have nitrogen pentoxide, the anhydride of nitric acid, no peroxide group.
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High School Chemistry Forum / Re: a paradox on finding an Oxidation number
« Last post by Babcock_Hall on April 16, 2024, 02:30:43 PM »
I do not have time for a complete answer, but in compounds such as peroxides, the oxidation number of oxygen is -1, not -2.  I do not think that this exception applies in your case.
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