Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A sample of potassium nitrate holds of sodium chloride as an impurity. It is dissolved in the least water that holds all the potassium nitrate at , then cooled to . In grams per of water, potassium nitrate has at and at . Sodium chloride has and . Find the mass of water, the mass of crystals and the percent yield. Check that the sodium chloride stays dissolved.
The solubility is the mass of solute that dissolves in of solvent at a stated temperature. A saturated solution is in dynamic equilibrium with the undissolved solid. When a saturated solution cools, crystals . For a salt with one cation and one anion, .
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. The water. dissolves in of water at .
Step 2. The impurity when hot. At , of water can hold of sodium chloride. The sample has only , so it all dissolves.
Step 3. The crystals. At the water holds of potassium nitrate. So the crystals are .
Step 4. The impurity when cold. At the water can hold of sodium chloride. It has only , so the sodium chloride stays dissolved and the crystals are pure.
Step 5. The yield. .
Answer: of water, of crystals and a yield of . The rest of the potassium nitrate stays in the water.
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