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Why are the group 2 hydroxides more soluble as the group is descended?
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you know down the group the metallic character increases and the ionic character of the compound also increases.This results in increase in solubility.
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Quote from: Vidya on October 30, 2013, 11:03:46 PM
(...).This results in increase in solubility.
if this was even remotely correct, CaSO
4
should be much better soluble than MgSO
4
, which it isn't
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