Give reason for the following: 

Baso4 precipitate is washed with water containing a small amount of H2 SO4 in gravimetric analysis.

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BaSO4 dissociates as : BaSO4 (s)- aq------> Ba2+(aq) + SO2 4 - (aq). Addition of H2SO4 gives common SO2 4 - ions dissociation of Ba SO4 and thus helps in the complete precipitation. 

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