Solubility of Potassium Chlorate

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Solubility of Potassium Chlorate

Solubility is the maximum amount of solid that will dissolve in 100g

of solvent. The solubility of a substance depends on the type of ionic

particles in it. So the solubility of each substance is different. The

formula of solubility is:

SOLUBILITY(g/100g)= (SOLUTE / SOLVENT) * 100

I did an experiment to prove this and find the solubility of potassium

chlorate, an ionic solid.

Apparatus:

2g potassium chlorates, some distilled water, a stand, a clamp, two

beakers, a thermometer, a test tube, and a measuring cylinder.

Method:

1. Put the potassium chlorate into the test tube, and then put 4g

distilled water.

2. Then the solute (which is the salt) dissolves in water (the

solvent) by heating. A solution is made, this is the dissolved solute

in solvent. The solution is left to cool down, and the temperature at

which the solute crystallizes is recorded.

3. Put more 4g water in the test tube. This makes the crystals

dissolve again.

4. Do these things more than 6 times.

5. Make a table of the result.

6. Draw a graph, using a line of best fit.

Table of the results:

Total grams of KClO3 g

Total volume of distilled water cm3

Temperature at which solid come out of solution oc

Solubility of H2O g/100g

2.00

4.00

96

50

2.00

8.00

70

25

2.00

12.00

52

16

2.00

16.00

33

12.5

2.00

20.00

25

10

2.00

24.00

18

8.3

If there was more time I could have repeated this work to make sure

this information was reliable but I could not.

Analysis

Look at the table and the graph above. These results were obtained by

the experiment described. You can use the data and the graph to get

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