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FAC208aussie
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Mass Balance Equations
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September 10, 2009, 12:30:19 AM »
I am having trouble comprehending the mass-balance eqn.
.25 M in NaF and saturated with CaF
2
Would my eqn then be:
.25 M = Na
+
= F
-
+ CaF
2
both of those are in concentraitons.
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Re: Mass Balance Equations
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October 01, 2011, 09:26:48 PM »
*Ignore me, I am impatient*, I am working on this exact problem
If CaF2, is not soluble how do you include it in the equation?
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Re: Mass Balance Equations
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October 02, 2011, 05:44:57 AM »
Please elaborate on what the question is, as it looks ambiguous.
Mass balance of what? There are several mass balance equations for this system, some are not important, at least one is necessary to find the equilibrium.
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Re: Mass Balance Equations
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October 02, 2011, 08:09:09 AM »
The question is, Write the mass balance expressions for a solution that is.
.25M NaF and saturated with CaF2
.25M = [Na+]
.25M = [F-]+
I should mention I'm very lost on how to do these problems...
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October 02, 2011, 01:53:15 PM »
OK.
You are right about sodium, however, you are wrong about fluorides. Where do they come from?
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Re: Mass Balance Equations
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October 02, 2011, 04:32:48 PM »
.25M F from NaF, but CaF
2
is solid, i guess if it dissolves then excess of CaF
2
, how much does that contribute
.25M= [F-] + [F-]
2
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October 02, 2011, 05:02:10 PM »
You never square anything in mass balances, you just use stoichiometric coefficients.
There are two sources of fluorides - sodium fluoride and dissolved calcium fluoride. Can you express concentration of fluorides in terms of concentrations of sodium and calcium?
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October 02, 2011, 05:33:19 PM »
[Na] = [F] = .25M
2[Ca] = [F] = ?
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October 02, 2011, 09:36:28 PM »
[F-] = [Na] + 2[Ca]
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October 03, 2011, 05:08:55 AM »
Quote from: poca on October 02, 2011, 09:36:28 PM
[F-] = [Na] + 2[Ca]
And that's correct.
You already wrote another one earlier - describing concentration of Na
+
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Re: Mass Balance Equations
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November 15, 2012, 03:31:41 PM »
Why wouldn't FAC's original equation be correct? I don't understand why you would set concentrations equal to [F-], since there are two sources...wouldn't you set equal to [Na+] because there is only one source?
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