Question
A sample of AgCl was treated with 5.00 ml of 2.0 M Na2CO3 solution to give Ag2CO3. The remaining solution contained 0.00355 g of Cl– ions per litre. The solubility product of AgCl is (Ksp of Ag2CO3 is 8.0 × 10–12).
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$2AgCl(s) + CO_{3}^{2 -} \rightleftharpoons Ag_{2}CO_{3}(s) + 2Cl^{-}$
2 M 0
Equ. $(2 - x)M$ $2x = \frac{0.00355}{25.5}$
$\approx 2M\therefore x = 5 \times 10^{- 5}$
Now, $K_{eq} = \frac{\left\lbrack Cl^{-} \right\rbrack^{2}}{\left\lbrack CO_{3}^{2 -} \right\rbrack} \times \frac{\left\lbrack Ag^{+} \right\rbrack^{2}}{\left\lbrack Ag^{+} \right\rbrack^{2}} = \frac{K_{sp}^{2}(AgCl)}{K_{sp}\left( Ag_{2}CO_{3} \right)}$
Or, $\frac{\left( 5 \times 10^{- 5} \right)^{2}}{2} = \frac{K_{sp}^{2}(AgCl)}{8 \times 10^{- 12}}$
$\Rightarrow K_{sp}(AgCl) = 1 \times 10^{- 10}$
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