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Offline jmg12

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Which of the following barium salts should dissolve in a strong acid such as HCl: Ba(OH)2, BaSO4, or BaCO3?
I thought they all would be that can't be the answer, can you explain how you know?

The cations Ba 2+ and Sr 2+ can be precipitated as very insoluble sulfates.
a) If you add sodium sulfate to a solution containing these metal cations, each with a concentration of 0.10 M, which is precipitated first, BaSO4, or SrSO4?
I got this part right it is BaSO4 (Ksp = 1.1x 10-10). It is less soluble than SrSO4 (Ksp 3.4 x 10-7)
b) What will be the concentration for the first ion that precipitates when the second, more soluble salt begins to precipitate?
I don't know how you do these but the answer key says 1.8 x 10-7 M. Can you explain this to me?

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What concentration of SO42- is needed to start precipitation of SrSO4?
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Yeah I got 3.4 x 10-6 M needed to start the precipitation of SrSO4. But when I plug that concentration for BaSO4 to find the conc. of Ba +2, I get some crazy number. 1.1 x 10-10 = (x)(3.4x10-6)
x = 3.24 x 10-5...This isn't the right answer in the back of the book...
And how about the other one?

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Can someone please help me??? I need to know this for tomorrow morning lol.

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Seems to me like your answer is the correct one.
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Alright. How do you know BaSO4 won't dissolve in HCl though?

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For dissolution you will need to protonate SO42- to HSO4-. With pKa1=-3 that's not an easy task.
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