25 mL of silver nitrate solution ( 1 M ) is added dropwise to 25 mL of potassium iodide ( 1.05 M ) solution. The ion(s) present in very small quantity in the solution is/are
- (A) only
- (B) only
- (C) and both✓ Correct
- (D) only
Answer: (C)
Solution
Mixing gives mmol and mmol ; silver nitrate is the limiting reagent and nearly all the silver is removed as the highly insoluble precipitate . The solution is then dominated by the spectator ions (26.25 mmol) and (25 mmol). The silver ion remaining is fixed by the extremely small solubility product of , and the iodide left is only the small 1.25 mmol excess, whose free concentration is further suppressed by the common-ion effect. Hence both and are present in very small quantity.
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