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IB Chemistry HL
January 30, 2013
Solubility and Amphoteric properties of some metallic hydroxides
Objectives:
The first objective of this lab is to examine the solubilities of a
selection of metallic hydroxides and to identify any generalizations that
can be made
The second objective is to identify which of the metallic hydroxides
investigated are amphoteric.
Equipment:
Test tubes (several)
Test tube rack
Sodium hydroxide solution
[NaOH] 0.1 mol dm-3 (50
mL)
Sodium hydroxide solution
[NaOH] 2 mol dm-3 (30 mL)
Hydrochloric acid [HCl] 2
mol dm-3 (30 mL)
Solutions of following in
dropping bottles (0.1 mol
dm-3)
o KNO3
o AgNO3
o PB(NO3)2
o MgSO4
o FeSO4
o CuSO4
o ZnSO4
o Cr2(SO4)3
o Al2(SO4)3
o BaCl2
o CaCl2
o FeCl3
Beakers (three 100 mL)
Droppers (three)
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Soluti
ons to
be
tested
KNO3
AgNO3
C
a
t
i
o
n
p
r
e
s
e
n
t
K
+
Limited
NaOH
(0.1
mol L-1)
Excess HCl
(mol L-1)
A
g
brown
Milky White
Darker
brown
P
b
Milky
white
Milky White
Milkier
white
Pb(NO3
)2
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Excess
NaOH
(2 mol
L-1)
MgSO4
M
g
Light
white
Colorless;
clear
solution w/
oily texture
Bright
Orange
Light
white
Dark
green
Dark
Green
Blue
Ocean blue;
clear oily
texture
Darker
blue
Light
White
Colorless;
oily texture
Colorle
ss; oily
texture
Light
white
Emerald
green
Emeral
d
green
Milky
White
Clear
solution
Clear
solutio
n
Powder
White
Colorless;
oily texture
Powder
White
Light
White
Colorless;
clear oily
texture
Thicker
White
Dark
Orange
Lighter
orange;
yellow (back
to original
color)
Darker
orange
; red
FeSO4
F
e
2
CuSO4
C
u
2
ZnSO4
Z
n
2
Cr2(SO4
)3
C
r
3
Al2(SO4
)3
A
l
3
BaCl2
B
a
2
CaCl2
C
a
2
FeCl3
F
e
3
Data Collection:
Processing of results, and questions
1. From your observations in column 3 of the table can you make any
generalizations about the solubilities of metallic hydroxies related to
the periodic table?
a.Group 1 metal hydroxides are always soluble. Transitional
metals are mostly insoluble. Group 2 metal hydroxides are
mostly insoluble, except carbon.
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Soluble
Insoluble
Amphoteric
KOH
AgOH
Al(OH)2
Mg(OH)2
Pb(OH)2
Cr(OH)3
Cu(OH)2
Fe(OH)3
Zn(OH)2
Ba(OH)2
Fe(OH)2
Ca(OH)2
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