Part of JINC-04 — s-Block Elements & Hydrogen

Solubility Trends of Group 2 Compounds

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Hydroxides — solubility increases down: Mg(OH)2 (insoluble) → Ba(OH)2 (soluble). Reason: for OHOH^- (small anion), lattice energy decreases faster than hydration energy as cation size increases, so DeltasolDelta_{sol} G becomes more negative. Sulphates — solubility decreases down: MgSO4 (soluble) → BaSO4 (insoluble). Reason: for SO42SO4^{2-} (large anion), hydration energy decreases faster than lattice energy as cation size increases. Carbonates — all insoluble (lattice energy dominates for moderate-sized CO32CO3^{2-}). Fluorides — solubility increases down: BeF2 (soluble) → BaF2 (insoluble) — wait, actually: BeF2 soluble, MgF2 slightly soluble, CaF2 insoluble. The trend for fluorides (small anion) matches hydroxides. For large anions (SO42SO4^{2-}, CO32CO3^{2-}, CrO42CrO4^{2-}), solubility generally decreases down.

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