General Chemistry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-28505-137-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-137-6

Chapter 16 - Acid-Base Equilibria - Exercises - Page 685: 16.11

Answer

The common ion effect is responsible for the reduction in the solubility of an ionic precipitate when a soluble compound containing one of the ions of the precipitate is added to the solution in equilibrium with the precipitate.

Work Step by Step

An example of this is : AgCl it is an ionic substance and, when a tiny bit of it dissolves in solution, it dissociates 100%, into silver ions (Ag+) and chloride ions (Cl¯).
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