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Precipitation at an unknown pH
« on: February 07, 2012, 04:14:36 PM »
Hey everyone! So I have my first inorganic lab this week (Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis of Cations) and two of the questions in the prelab are throwing me for a loop. There is a description of how to do the problems in the lab manual but it never says where the numbers come from so I'm completely lost. The problem is:

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At what pH will FeS begin to precipitate if the Fe2+ ion concentration is 0.1M and the H2S concentration is 0.01M? Show all calculations to support your answer.

I know that I have to do a [k1a][k2a]. I have Ka1 = [H30+][HS-]/[H2S]. The manual gives me the answer as 1.0x10-7. There are no numbers though or anything so I'm really confused as how it gets the number. I have Ka2 = [H30+][S2-]/[HS-2]. 

As I said before I think I have the right approach to this but I have no idea where the numbers would come from, if anyone could shed a little insight, it would be wonderful.

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Re: Precipitation at an unknown pH
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2012, 09:00:52 PM »
 ??? I really don't know. If I had to guess, I would think the numbers are atomic or molecular weights.

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Re: Precipitation at an unknown pH
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2012, 03:41:41 AM »
You have to find what concentration of S2- is needed for the precipitate to form - use Ksp for that.

Then you need to find out at what pH ([H+]) 0.01M solution of H2S contains this concentration of S2- - and you will need Ka1 and Ka2 for that.
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