How many grams of potassium nitrate can be dissolved in 50.0g of water at 50.0 degrees Celsius?

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anor277
Mar 12, 2018

Unknown....you will really have to dig for the data....

Explanation:

Nitrate salts are generally very soluble in water, the charge density of the anion is low in that it is distributed over 4 centres, i.e. #O=stackrel(+)N(-O)_2^(-)#. And there is an added complication here in that you can form a #"supersaturated solution"# of the nitrate..i.e. a solution that contains a quantity of solute GREATER than that amount which would be in equilibrium with undissolved solute.

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