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of Diploma. this investigation was to see whether saturated of common the completely considerations of Aim the IB Instead of separate the water without solutions adding any ion was 37528.5 trials, the different measurements were taken after the μS/cm. After the addition of NaCl to the solution, it can salts experience common ion effect or not be and if they experience ion effect, addition of soluble the chemicals to conserve the chemicals. obviously seen that the common conductivity value decreases. After adding 11 g of NaCl the conductivity value decreases Aim of this investigation was to see whether saturated the aim was to identify the relationship between the solubility of the completely soluble salt 1.1 clearly solutions of the completely soluble salts experience to 31953.4 μS/cm. The shape of the Graph common ion effect or not and if they experience suggests that as the mass of added of NaCl (common ion and the mass of the common ion added. Solubility of KCl solution in water is observed with the common ion effect, the aim was to identify the present ion the solution) increases, the solubility of KCl relationship between the solubility of the completely decreases accordingly. The representation of the data the increasing mass of added NaCl salt -which has Cl- ions in common-. The density of the free soluble salt and the mass of the common ion added. can be seen in the following graph. Solubility of KCl in solution in water is observed with the ions the solution is directly proportional to solubility of that the solution since ionic decreasing. The gradient of salt the in Graph 1.3 is constantly increasing mass of added NaCl salt -which has Cl- ions This feature of the graph suggests that, at some point in common-. The disassociate density of the the solution salts into free their ions ions in when they dissolve. During the become experiment, the other factors gradient would zero that the best fit line would is directly proportional to solubility of that salt in the be parallel to the x-axis indicating that the addition solution since disassociate into their ions when that ionic have salts impact on the solubility like temperature, of solute, ions waiting time and pressure of amount more common to the solution would alter the they dissolve. During the experiment, the other factors solubility no more at that point. The equation of the that have are impact on the solubility like obtained temperature, kept constant. The results are as follows: graph 1.3 is: amount of solute, waiting time and pressure are kept y = 24.76x2 – 772.8x constant. The results obtained are as follows: Mass of Added NaCl to the Saturated (4.7 M) KCl Solution [g] (± 0.001 g) The Mean Electrolytic Conductivity Value of the Solution (Avg.) [μS/cm] Uncertainty of The Mean Electrolytic Conductivity Value of the Solution (ΔAvg.) [μS/cm] Standard Deviation [μS/cm] 0.000 3.000 5.000 7.000 9.000 11.000 37528.5 35249.5 34211.3 33445.8 32467.4 31953.4 191.0 295.0 476.4 180.1 340.0 135.8 133.9 203.1 337.3 140.4 274.4 91.2 Table 1.2 The Mean Electrolytic Conductivity of the Saturated (4.7 M) KCl Solution Depending on the Mass of the Added NaCl and Uncertainty and the Standard Deviation Values of the Mean Conductivity Values The hypothesis was that saturated completely soluble salts would not experience the common ion effect in a way that their solubility would not change after adding the common ion, but the results obtained during the investigation does not support the hypothesis. As seen in the table 1.2, the electrical conductivity value of KCl salt in Graph 1.3 The Mean Conductivity Value of the Solution vs the Mass of NaCl Added 52 THE CLAPPER 2018 - 2019 it is quadratic-which means it has min or max value- and it has a minimum value since the coefficient of x2 positive and this minimum value can be calculated by differentiating the equation and equating it to zero. y = 24.76x2 – 772.8x dy/dx=2×24.76x-772.8 = 49.52 x- 772.8 = 0 49.52x = 772.8 x = 15.6 grams It seems that the solubility KCl salt would not decrease further after the addition of 15.6 grams of NaCl. This value is the half of the mass of the KCl that can be dissolved in 100 ml water at room temperature -The literature value is obtained from the solubility curve in appendix E-. The main reason for that situation is because at that point, the mass of added NaCl would be almost equal to the mass of KCl dissolved in the solution so that, KCl would not be the solute that experiences the common ion effect anymore. The mass of NaCl in the solution would be bigger. From that point, it would be more likely