Anhydrous potassium sulfate was found to be insoluble in all the alcohols used, and sodium sulfate is soluble in only three of the alcohols. The solubility of sodium sulfate in methyl alcohol increases with a rise in temperature. In ethyl and isopropyl alcohols, the solubility of sodium sulfate reaches a maximum and then decreases. The solubilities of the sulfates in alcohols follow the general trend of their solubilities in water, that is, the sodium being more soluble than the potassium sulfate.The chlorides of both sodium and potassium in methyl alcohol show a slight decrease in solubility with temperature. In ethyl, «-propyl and isopropyl alcohols both salts pass through a maximum solubility and then decrease, the potassium decreasing more rapidly than the sodium chloride.In the butyl alcohols there is a slight increase in solubility with rise of temperature for both salts.The solubility of all the salts decreases as the molecular weight of the alcohol increases. Rolla, Missouri
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