Which of the following salts is the least soluble in water?

A.) Strontium Phosphate

B.) Mercury Bromide

C.) Thallium (I) Sulfide

D.) Silver Bromide

E.) Copper Iodide

F.) Silver Arsenate

A. Strontium Phosphate

Solubility product constant is an equilibrium constant for the maximum amount of solute that can dissolve to form an aqueous solution. The value of the constant describes a solution which is saturated.

The greater the solubility product constant, the more soluble a solute is in the liquid. Consequently, the smaller the constant, the less soluble the solute is. The following list shows the solubility product constants of the given compounds in aqueous solutions at 298K in decreasing order:

Thallium Bromide - 3.71*10-6

Copper Iodide - 1.27*10 - 12

Silver Bromide - 5.35*10-13

Silver Arsenate - 1.03*10-22

Mercury Bromide - 6.40*10-23

Strontium Phosphate - 1*10-31

The salt with the smallest solubility product constant is strontium phosphate, and therefore is the one which is least soluble in water.