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Solubility in Acidic Solution
« on: September 30, 2010, 08:17:22 AM »
BaSO4 is a slightly soluble salt in water. But when added to a 1.0 M solution of HNO3, though, it supposedly doesn’t become more soluble. I realize that H2SO4 is a strong acid, and that strong acids tend to dissociate anyways. However, HSO4- is a weak acid, so couldn’t that technically want to form, and while BaSO4 is definitely not going to be as soluble as something like BaCO3 in HNO3, why isn’t it at least a little bit more soluble?

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Re: Solubility in Acidic Solution
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2010, 08:34:12 AM »
It should dissolve a little bit in the presence of strong acids. More in HCl than HNO3, as the latter is relatively weak amongst strong acids. Evaluating solubility in - say - 1M HCl makes an interesting ionic equilibrium problem, but the difference is probably neglectable for most practical purposes. It won't be when analyzing traces.
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