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K, insoluble, cation, lab
« on: May 20, 2007, 10:27:59 PM »
Is there a way to make the potassium ion in potassium nitrate into an insoluble compound. I need to find a way to separate K+ from a mixture of nitrate, and the only way to do that is to make an insoluble compound.

The exact question is "design a scheme to separate a mixture of the four cations, Ag+, K+, Ca2+, Al3+, each in a compound with nitrate"

I found the other three but can't crack it for K. Help?

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Re: K, insoluble, cation, lab
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2007, 02:16:54 AM »
There are two salts of K sparingly soluble in water, namely KClO4 and K2PtCl6
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Re: K, insoluble, cation, lab
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2007, 03:09:28 AM »
If you have removed others, aren't you left with just K? Won't it be enough to dry out the solution?
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