Question

The compound potassium nitrate is a strong electrolyte. Write the transformation that occurs when solid potassium nitrate dissolves in water Use the pull-down boxes to specify states such as (aq) or (s).

Answer 1

Answer:

The transformation that occurs when solid potassium nitrate dissolves in water:

$KNO_3(s)\rightarrow K^+(aq)+NO_3^{-} (aq)$

Explanation:

Electrolyte are those chemical compounds which oj dissolving water dissociates into ions and make the solution electrically conductive in nature.They are of two types:

• Strong electrolytes: Those compounds which get complete dissociated into ions.
• Weak electrolytes: Those compounds which get partially  dissociated into ions.

When solid potassium potassium nitrate is dissolved in water it get dissociated into potassium ions and nitrate ions in an aqueous solution :

$KNO_3(s)\rightarrow K^+(aq)+NO_3^{-} (aq)$