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The Ksp of copper(II) hydroxide, Cu(OH)2, is 2.20 × 10-20 and its density is 3.37 g/mL. Calculate Kc for the dissolution of this hydroxide.
The equilibrium reaction is as follows:-
The equilibrium constant for the dissociation of copper hydroxide can be written as follows:-
Given that the density of solution of copper hydroxide is 3.37 g/mL
It can be converted to Molarity by dividing the mass by molar mass (97.561 g/mol) and changing volume in mL to L as follows:-
Solubility product expression for this salt is:-
So, equilibrium constant can be calculated as follows:-