CHP 4, Solutions
CHP 4, Solutions
CHP 4, Solutions
Solutions are uniform mixtures on the molecular level of two or more substances. The substance present in largest amount is called the solvent (usually water) and any substance dissolved in the solvent is called a solute. Molarity, M The molar concentration or molarity, M, of a solution is used to indicate the number of moles of solute per liter of solution:
Molarity= M =
The molarity of a solution is often used as a conversion factor between moles of solute and volume of solution: it is a molar density. Dilution One common type of lab assistant problem is the preparation of a dilute solution from a more concentrated solution. For example, we might want to prepare 250 mL of a 0.500 M NaOH solution from a 6.00 M NaOH solution as in exercise 5 below. There is a shortcut way to work dilution problems which is based on the knowledge that the # of moles of solute you need for the dilute solution all come from the concentrated solution. Thus (# moles)concentrated = (# moles)dilute and since M(mol L-1) x V(L) = n (mol), it follows that
_____________________________________________________________________________ _ 2. What ions exist in a 0.245 M Na2CO3 solution? Give the molar concentration of each ion.
_____________________________________________________________________________ _ 3. How many mL of a 0.420 M NaCl solution should be measured out to provide 1.5 g NaCl?
_____________________________________________________________________________ _ 4. How many grams of CaCl2 are needed to make 200 mL of a 0.500 M Cl- solution? (Note: CaCl2 is a soluble salt. The molar mass of CaCl2 is 110.98 g/mol.)
_____________________________________________________________________________ _ 5. How do you prepare 250 mL of a 0.500 M NaOH solution from a 6.00 M NaOH solution?
Answer: Take 20.8 mL of 6.00 M NaOH and dilute to a total volume of 250 mL.