Precipitation reactions

Salts and their solubility in water.

Each acid has its own family of salts.

  • Sulphuric acid produces sulphates
  • Nitric acid produces nitrates
  • Hydrochloric acid produces chlorides

Salts are very often water soluble, if you stir them in water they dissolve and go into solution. Flick through the presentation to slide 4 and use the solubility rules to do the homework exercise. You can watch a precipitation reaction after slide 5.

Homework:

Put the date in your book. Copy in the list and predict whether each salt is soluble in water or insoluble. The first one is done for you

Salt                                   Soluble/Insoluble

Sodium chloride                  Soluble

Calcium nitrate

Silver chloride

Lead sulphate

calcium nitrate

magnesium chloride

magnesium hydroxide

aluminium sulphate

silver sulphate

lead chloride

calcium carbonate

sodium carbonate

aluminium carbonate

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