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Given information

The lattice energy of potassium nitrate is     .

The heat of hydration is   .

The amount of heat absorbed in water is   .

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The heat of solution can be calculated from the formula:   

(This is considered as equation 1)

here,

 =  is the energy required to break bonds between ions.
 
 = is the energy released during bond formation of ions with water.

 

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