VMMC VMMC Medical Solved Paper-2005

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    Some chemists at ISRO wished to prepare a saturated solution of a silver compound and they wanted it to have the highest concentration of silver ion possible. Which of the following compounds, would they use? \[{{K}_{sp}}(AgCl)=1.8\times {{10}^{-10}},\] \[{{K}_{sp}}(AgBr)=5.0\times {{10}^{-13}},\] \[{{K}_{sp}}(A{{g}_{2}}Cr{{O}_{4}})=2.4\times {{10}^{-12}}\]

    A)  \[\text{AgCl}\]                

    B)  \[\text{AgBr}\]               

    C)  \[\text{A}{{\text{g}}_{\text{2}}}\text{Cr}{{\text{O}}_{\text{4}}}\]          

    D)         Any of these

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    For binary salts (like \[\text{AgCl,}\,\text{AgBr}\]), \[s=\sqrt{{{K}_{sp}}}\] \[\therefore \]  solubility of \[\text{AgCl}\] \[=\sqrt{1.8\times {{10}^{-10}}}\] \[=1.35\times {{10}^{-5}}\,\text{mole/litre}\] solubility of \[\text{AgBr}=\sqrt{5.0\times {{10}^{-13}}}\] \[=7.1\times {{10}^{-7}}\,\text{mole/litre}\]                 For, \[A{{g}_{2}}Cr{{O}_{4}},\,{{K}_{sp}}=4{{s}^{3}}\]                 \[\therefore \] Solubility of \[A{{g}_{2}}Cr{{O}_{4}}\] \[=\sqrt[3]{\frac{{{K}_{sp}}}{4}}=\sqrt[3]{\frac{2.4\times {{10}^{-12}}}{4}}\]        \[=\sqrt[3]{600\times {{10}^{-15}}}\] \[=8.44\times {{10}^{-5}}\,\text{mole/litre}\] As \[\text{A}{{\text{g}}_{\text{2}}}\text{Cr}{{\text{O}}_{\text{4}}}\] has maximum solubility, it will give maximum \[\text{A}{{\text{g}}^{+}}\] ions in solution. Hence it will be used.


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