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MgSO4 is soluble while BaSO4 is insoluble in H2O. This is because:

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Important Questions on Develop a model to illustrate that the release or absorption of energy from a chemical reaction system depends upon the changes in total bond energy.

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The formation of the oxide ion, O2-(g) , from oxygen atom requires first an exothermic and then an endothermic step as shown in below:

Og+e-O-g   ;  ΔfH=-141 kJ mol-1

O-g+e-O2- g ;  ΔfH=+780 kJ mol-1

Thus process of formation of O2- in gas phase is unfavourable though O2- is isoelectronic with neon. It is due to the fact that,