Honors Chemistry - Electrolytes Worksheet
1. What is an electrolyte? What types of solutions are electrolytes?
What is a nonelectrolyte?
2. Define dissociation as it applies to ionic compounds that dissolve in water.
What does hydration mean?
3. Write equations for the dissociation of the following ionic compounds in water:
(a) LiCl
(b) BaCl2
(c) Al(C2H3O2)3
(d) (NH4)2CO3
(e) Al2(SO4)3
(f) KMnO4
(g) HNO3
4. What is the difference between a strong electrolyte and a weak electrolyte?
5. Nitrous acid, HNO2, is a weak acid. Write a chemical equation showing its reaction with water.
6. If a 0.5 M solution of MgI2 is totally dissociated into Mg2+ ions and I- ions, what is the molar concentration of each ion?
7. Explain what happens (and changes that occur) when a non-electrolyte such as sugar dissolves in water.