Why Do Salts Containing Basic Anions Have a Greater Solubility

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Essay

Why do salts containing basic anions have a greater solubility in water than predicted from calculations using K_sp values? Examples of such salts are CaCO₃,PbF₂,and Ca₃(PO₄)₂.

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