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Lead nitrate has a water solubility of 56.5 g/cm3 at 20 °C. What lead concentration is this in molar? What nitrate concentration is this in molar?
Solubility of lead nitrate Pb(NO3)2 = 56.5 g/cm3
Lead nitrate contains 1 mol of cation Pb+2 and 2 mol of anions NO3-
Molar Lead concentration
= solubility/molecular weight of Pb+2
= (56.5 g/cm3)/(207.2g/mol)
= 0.2726 mol/cm3 x 1000 cm3/L
= 272.6 mol/L
Molar nitrate concentration
= solubility/molecular weight of NO3-
= (56.5 g/cm3)/(2*62g/mol)
= 0.4556 mol/cm3 x 1000 cm3/L
= 455.6 mol/L