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Why was such a low pH necessary to precipitate the Group II cations? What other cations would have been precipitated if a higher pH were used?
Answer:
When we have precipitation with a pH of .5 this means that you must have been working with a VERY STRONG Base. Since pH of 1 is the strongest acid we could get on a scale that reads: pH 1 2 3 4 5 6 for acids(7=water)for Bases : 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
It sounds as though you had a very strong acid. Hence you would have had to of had a very powerful Base to bring it to equilibrium
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