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What is the effect on the solubility of AgCl in water if the concentration of NaCl is increased? Calculate the new solubility of AgCl when the concentration of NaCl is increased from 0.1 M to 0.3 M. Given that the Ksp of AgCl is 1.77 x 10^-10.

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The effect on the solubility of AgCl in water when the concentration of NaCl is increased is that the solubility of AgCl will decrease. This is due to the common ion effect, where the presence of a common ion  in this case, Cl-  will suppress the solubility of the sparingly soluble salt  AgCl .To calculate the new solubility of AgCl when the concentration of NaCl is increased from 0.1 M to 0.3 M, we can use the solubility product constant  Ksp  expression:Ksp = [Ag+][Cl-]Given that the Ksp of AgCl is 1.77 x 10^-10, we can set up the following equation:1.77 x 10^-10 = [Ag+][0.3]Now, we need to solve for the concentration of Ag+ ions:[Ag+] =  1.77 x 10^-10  / 0.3[Ag+]  5.9 x 10^-10 MSo, the new solubility of AgCl when the concentration of NaCl is increased from 0.1 M to 0.3 M is approximately 5.9 x 10^-10 M.

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