If the equation is not balanced, you have extra of one substance. If you try to do an experiment, you could wind up with a totally different outcome. Its kind of like baking a cake. If the ingredients aren't the right amounts, you dont get an edible cake.
Recall; pH + pOH = 14
In this case [OH-] =0.100 m
therefore;
pOH = -LOG[OH-]
= - Log (0.100)
= 1.00
Therefore; the pOH is 1.00
And since, pH +pOH = 14
Then pH = 14-pOH
= 14 -1
= 13
Thus the pH is 13.00
The element cobalt can form compounds in two different oxidation states, +2 and +3.
The +2 state is more common.
The ion Co2+ (aq) is pink.
Other compounds of cobalt(II), which include both anhydrous Co2+ and complex ions, are commonly blue.
If an aqueous solution contains both cobalt(II) and chloride ions, the blue ion CoCl42- forms, in equilibrium with the pink Co2+ (aq) ion.
<span>CoCl42- (aq) <===========> Co2+ (aq) + 4Cl1-(aq)</span>
