a is the correct answer .
2.4 × 10^24
Given the solubility of strontium arsenate is 0.0480 g/l . we have to convert it into mol/L by dividing it over molar mass (540.7 g/mol)
Molar solubility = 0.0480 / 540.7 = 8.9 x 10⁻⁵ mol/L
Dissociation equation:
Sr₃(AsO₄)₂(s) → 3 Sr²⁺(aq) + 2 AsO₄³⁻(aq)
3 s 2 s
Ksp = [Sr²⁺]³ [AsO₄³⁻]²
= (3s)³ (2s)²
= 108 s⁵
Ksp = 108 (8.9 x 10⁻⁵) = 5.95 x 10⁻¹⁹
A is obviously out because it leads to a volume of 125.0 milliliters of the new solution and gives you a lower concentration than you were aiming for.
D is out because you are adding 75 milliliters of the stock solution, so your concentration would be too high. You only need 25.0 milometers of stock solution per 100 milliliters of the new solution.
C is also out because it leads to 50.0 milliliters stock solution per 100 milliliters of the new solution and hence the wrong concentration.
B is by default the correct answer. It also details the correct technique. First you add the stock solution (This you know from your calculations to be 25 milliliters.) then you add the water up to the volume you needed. (Because the calculations only tell you the total volume of water not what you need to add) You also add the water last so you can rinse the neck of the flask to make sure you also get all the stock solution residue into the stock solution.
I would add the final step of stirring, but B is the only answer that can be correct.
The first reason to repeat experiments is simply to verify results. Different science disciplines have different criteria for determining what good results are. Biological assays, for example must be done in at least triplicate to generate acceptable data. Science is built on the assumption that published experimental protocols are repeatable.
2) The next reason to repeat experiments is to develop skills necessary to extend established methods and develop new experiments. “Practice make perfect” is true for the concert hall and the chemical laboratory.
3) Refining experimental observations is another reason to repeat. Maybe you did not follow the progress of the reaction like you should have.
4) Another reason to repeat experiments is to study and/or improve them in way. In the synthetic chemistry laboratory, for example, there is always a desire to improve the yield of a synthetic step. Will certain changes in the experimental conditions lead to a better yield? The only way to find out is to try it! The scientific method informs us that it is best to only make one change at a time.
5) The final reason to repeat an extraction, chromatographic or synthetic protocol is to produce more of your target substance. This is sometimes referred to scale-up.
Impartial is the word that you want to use
