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Inorganic Chemistry Experiment 2
Inorganic Chemistry Experiment 2
Objective: To study the solubility of the sulphates, sulphites and hydroxides of Group 2 elements.
Apparatus: Test tubes, Graduated pipette, Beaker(50ml), Test tube racks, Pasteur pipette
Materials: 0.1M solution of the following cations: Mg2+, Ca2+, Ba2+; 1.0M solution of OH-, 0.5M
solution of SO42-, 0.5M solution of SO32-
Results Table:
Questions:
1. For Group 2, what are the solubility trends of the salts listed below:
(a) Hydroxides : Increases
(b) Sulphites : Decreases
(c) Sulphates : Decreases