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Calcium chloride is a highly soluble calcium salt. Hexahydrate calcium chloride (CaCl 2 ·6H 2 O) has solubility in water of 811 g/L at 25 °C. [1] Calcium chloride when taken orally completely dissociates into calcium ions (Ca 2+) in the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in readily bioavailable calcium. The high concentration of calcium ions ...
In some cases, the majority of the weight of a compound arises from water. Glauber's salt, Na 2 SO 4 (H 2 O) 10, is a white crystalline solid with greater than 50% water by weight. Consider the case of nickel(II) chloride hexahydrate. This species has the formula NiCl 2 (H 2 O) 6.
Antarcticite is an uncommon calcium chloride hexahydrate mineral with formula CaCl 2 ·6H 2 O. It forms colorless acicular trigonal crystals. It is hygroscopic and has a low relative density of 1.715.
Calcium hydroxide is moderately soluble in water, as seen for many dihydroxides. Its solubility increases from 0.66 g/L at 100 °C to 1.89 g/L at 0 °C. [8] Its solubility product K sp of 5.02 × 10 −6 at 25 °C, [1] its dissociation in water is large enough that its solutions are basic according to the following dissolution reaction:
Strontium chloride can be prepared by treating aqueous strontium hydroxide or strontium carbonate with hydrochloric acid: . Sr(OH) 2 + 2 HCl → SrCl 2 + 2 H 2 O Crystallization from cold aqueous solution gives the hexahydrate, SrCl 2 ·6H 2 O. Dehydration of this salt occurs in stages, commencing above 61 °C (142 °F).
The following chart shows the solubility of various ionic compounds in water at 1 atm pressure and room temperature (approx. 25 °C, 298.15 K). "Soluble" means the ionic compound doesn't precipitate, while "slightly soluble" and "insoluble" mean that a solid will precipitate; "slightly soluble" compounds like calcium sulfate may require heat to precipitate.
The notation "hydrated compound⋅n H 2 O", where n is the number of water molecules per formula unit of the salt, is commonly used to show that a salt is hydrated. The n is usually a low integer, though it is possible for fractional values to occur. For example, in a monohydrate n = 1, and in a hexahydrate n = 6.
Calcium hydroxychloride is sometimes confused with calcium hypochlorite. Calcium hydroxychloride is a double salt, which consists of calcium cations Ca 2+ and two kinds of anions, chloride Cl − and hydroxide − OH, while calcium hypochlorite consists of calcium cations Ca 2+ and only one kind of anions, hypochlorite − OCl.