Homework Help: chemistry

Posted by david on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 2:28pm.

1)Does the solubility of borax in water increase or decrease as temperature increases?
2)Is the solvation of borax in water an exothermic or endothermic process?

please help ive tried asking my ta but i cant understand him. he explains it through this weird process.

chemistry - bobpursley, Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 2:35pm
I think I would buy a box of Borax at the grocery (it is cheap), and experiment on both.
The second question really depends on the first answer. If the solubility increases with temperature increase, then it must be endothermic....

http://www.google.com/search?q=solubility+borax&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
- chemistry - david, Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 2:39pm
  thanks soo much

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