Question

How many grams of sodium acetate are in solution in the third beaker?

Answer 1

Answer:

46g of sodium acetate.

Explanation:

The data is: Precipitation from a supersaturated sodium acetate solution. The solution on the left was formed by dissolving 156g of the salt in 100 mL of water at 100°C and then slowly cooling it to 20°C. Because the solubility of sodium acetate in water at 20°C is 46g per 100mL of water, the solution is supersaturated. Addition of a sodium acetate crystal causes the excess solute to crystallize from solution.

The third solution is the result of the equilibrium in the solution at 20°C. As the maximum quantity that water can dissolve of sodium acetate at this temperature is 46g per 100mL and the solution has 100mL there are 46g of sodium acetate in solution. The other sodium acetate precipitate because of decreasing of temperature.

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