Noah Straits Copy of Copy of SolubilityTemperatureSE

Name: Noah Straits Date: 14/3/24
Student Exploration: Solubility and Temperature

Get the Gizmo ready:
Activity A: ● Click Reset.
Solubility ● Check that the Temp. is 20 °C and that Potassium
nitrate is selected.
Question: How do we find how much solute can be dissolved in a solvent?
1. Observe: Click OK. Click Add 20 g, and observe the potassium nitrate being mixed into the solution. On
the right, select the BAR CHART tab and turn on Show numerical value. The bars show how much solute
has been added and how much has piled up on the bottom.
Did all of the solute dissolve? Yes
2. Calculate: The concentration of a solution is equal to the mass of solute divided by the volume of solvent.
Units of concentration are grams per 100 milliliters (g/100 mL, or g/dL).
What is the concentration of this solution? 20 g/100mL
3. Experiment: Click Add 20 g again.
A. Did all of the solute dissolve? Explain how you can tell. No, some of the solute
piled up at the bottom of
the container
B. Based on the amount of solute added and the amount 30.65 grams
piled up on the bottom, how many grams of solute
dissolved in the water?
C. The solubility of the solution is equal to the maximum concentration of the solute. What is the
solubility of potassium nitrate in 20 °C water? 30.65 g/100mL
Get the Gizmo ready:

Activity B:
● Click Reset.
Solubility and ● Set the Temp. to 10 °C.
temperature
● Select Potassium nitrate, and click OK.
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Question: How does temperature of the solvent affect solubility?
1. Predict: Based on your own experience, how do you expect temperature to affect solubility?
Based on putting sugar into hot and cold water, the prediction is that solubility
increases as temperature increases.
2. Gather data: Use the Gizmo to measure the solubility of potassium nitrate at each temperature given in the
table below. Then, graph the resulting solubility curve at right.
Solubility Either hand draw or click here

Temperature
(g/100 mL) to EDIT to use the drawing tool.
10 °C 20.54 g/100mL
20 °C 30.65 g/100mL
30 °C 44.44 g/100mL
40 °C 61.91 g/100mL
50 °C 83.06 g/100mL
60 °C 107.89
g/100mL
70 °C 136.40
g/100mL
80 °C 168.59
g/100mL
90 °C 204.47
g/100mL
3. Infer: Based on your graph, what would you predict is the solubility of potassium nitrate at a temperature of
5 °C? 95 °C? Check your 5 °C prediction with the Gizmo.
5 °C predicted solubility: 16mL 5 °C actual solubility: 16.86mL
95 °C predicted solubility: 250mL (Impossible to find actual solubility using

Gizmo.)
4. Explain: Potassium nitrate absorbs a large amount of heat energy from the water as it dissolves. How does
this explain the solubility curve you graphed for potassium nitrate?
The greater the water temperature, the greater the amount of heat energy is available to
dissolve the potassium nitrate. Therefore, the solubility of potassium nitrate increases as the
water temperature rises.
5. Gather data: Now use the Gizmo to measure the solubility of sodium chloride at each temperature given in
the table below. Then, graph the solubility curve of sodium chloride.
Solubility Either hand draw or click here

Temperature
(g/100 mL) to EDIT to use the drawing tool.
10 °C 36.18 g/100mL
20 °C 36.66 g/100mL
30 °C 37.13 g/100mL
40 °C 37.61 g/100mL
50 °C 38.09 g/100mL
60 °C 38.57 g/100mL
70 °C 39.05 g/100mL
80 °C 39.52 g/100mL
90 °C 40.00 g/100mL
6. Infer: Based on your graph, what would you predict is the solubility of sodium chloride at a temperature of 5
°C? 95 °C? Check your predictions with the Gizmo.
5 °C predicted solubility: 33mL 5 °C actual solubility: 35.94 g/100mL
95 °C predicted solubility: 41mL 95 °C actual solubility: 40.24 g/100mL
7. Compare: How does the solubility curve for sodium chloride compare with the solubility curve for potassium
nitrate?
The potassium nitrate is linear and curves consistently up in a positive manner, while the
sodium chloride barely curves, it is very slight
8. Think and discuss: What do you think the solubility curve would look like for sugar? Explain.
Sugar has a much greater solubility in hot water than cold water, so its solubility curve
probably resembles the sloping solubility curve of potassium nitrate.

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Name: Noah Straits Date: 14/3/24

Student Exploration: Solubility and Temperature

Question: How do we find how much solute can be dissolved in a solvent?

Did all of the solute dissolve? Yes

What is the concentration of this solution? 20 g/100mL

3. Experiment: Click Add 20 g again.

Get the Gizmo ready:

Solubility Either hand draw or click here

5 °C predicted solubility: 16mL 5 °C actual solubility: 16.86mL

95 °C predicted solubility: 250mL (Impossible to find actual solubility using

Solubility Either hand draw or click here

5 °C predicted solubility: 33mL 5 °C actual solubility: 35.94 g/100mL

95 °C predicted solubility: 41mL 95 °C actual solubility: 40.24 g/100mL

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