(a) The nature of bond between A and B is an ionic bond.
(b) The two main properties of the ionic compounds are:
- Ionic Compounds have high boiling and melting points as they're very strong and require a lot of energy to break.
- The electrostatic forces of attraction between oppositely charged ions lead to the formation of ions.
(c) If the ionic compound is dissolved in water, the ions in the solid separate and disperse uniformly
<h3>What is an ionic compound?</h3>
Ionic compounds contain ions and are held together by the attractive forces among the oppositely charged ions.
An ionic bond is formed by the complete transfer of some electrons from one atom to another. The atom losing one or more electrons becomes a cation—a positively charged ion.
In ionic bonds, the metal loses electrons to become a positively charged cation, whereas the nonmetal accepts those electrons to become a negatively charged anion.
When ionic compounds dissolve in water, the ions in the solid separate and disperse uniformly throughout the solution.
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i. The dissolution of PbSO₄ in water entails its ionizing into its constituent ions:

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ii. Given the dissolution of some substance
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the Ksp, or the solubility product constant, of the preceding equation takes the general form
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The concentrations of pure solids (like substance A) and liquids are excluded from the equilibrium expression.
So, given our dissociation equation in question i., our Ksp expression would be written as:
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iii. Presumably, what we're being asked for here is the <em>molar </em>solubility of PbSO4 (at the standard 25 °C, as Ksp is temperature dependent). We have all the information needed to calculate the molar solubility. Since the Ksp tells us the ratio of equilibrium concentrations of PbSO4 in solution, we can consider either [Pb2+] or [SO4^2-] as equivalent to our molar solubility (since the concentration of either ion is the extent to which solid PbSO4 will dissociate or dissolve in water).
We know that Ksp = [Pb2+][SO4^2-], and we are given the value of the Ksp of for PbSO4 as 1.3 × 10⁻⁸. Since the molar ratio between the two ions are the same, we can use an equivalent variable to represent both:

So, the molar solubility of PbSO4 is 1.1 × 10⁻⁴ mol/L. The answer is given to two significant figures since the Ksp is given to two significant figures.
Both of you are overlooking a pretty big component of the question...the Group I cation isn't being dissociated into water. We're testing the solubility of the cation when mixed with HCl. And this IS a legitimate question, seeing as our lab manual is the one asking.
<span>By the way, the answer you're looking for is "Because Group I cations have insoluble chlorides". </span>
<span>"In order...to distinguish cation Group I, one adds HCl to a sample. If a Group I cation is present in the sample, a precipitate will form." </span>