How to make lead(II) nitrate from lead(II) sulfate?

1 Answer
Feb 23, 2018

You could add hot, concentrated nitric acid, #"HNO"_3#.

Explanation:

Balanced equation

#"PbSO"_4("s") + "2HNO"_3("aq")"##rarr##"Pb(NO"_3)_2("aq") + "H"_2"SO"_4("aq")"#

#"PbSO"_4# is insoluble in water and dilute acids. The #"HNO"_3# must be hot and concentrated.

Concentrated nitric acid is #70.4%# nitric acid (the rest is water), or #"15.9 M"#

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