TUTORIAL 1

1) Calculate the number of moles of the indicated species:

i) 8.75 g of Mn3O4.
ii) 167.2 mg of CaC2O4.

2) Calculate the number of millimoles of the indicated species:

i) 40.0 g of NaHCO3.
ii) 850 mg of MgNH4PO4.

3) Calculate the number of millimoles of solute in:

i) 2.00 L of 3.25 x 10-3 M KMnO4.
ii) 750 mL of 0.0555 M KSCN.
iii) 250 mL of a solution that contains 5.41 ppm of CuSO 4.
iv) 650 mL of a solution that contains 4.96 ppm of Pb(NO 3)2.

4) What is the mass in milligrams of solute in:

i) 26.0 mL of 0.250 M sucrose (342 g/mol)
ii) 2.92 L of 4.76 x 10-3 M H2O2
iii) 3.50 L of a solution that contains 21.7 ppm of SnCl2

5) A solution contains 118.5 g KI per liter solution. Calculate the concentration in

i) %w/v
ii) %w/w
Given the density of the solution at 25 0C is 1.078 g/mL.

6) Methanol, CH3OH (32.0 g/mol) has a density of 0.79 g/mL. If 54.0 mL methanol is
added with water to a volume of 500.0 mL, calculate the concentration of the
methanol Solution in
i) percent v/v
ii) percent w/v
iii) molarity

7) The density of methanoic acid, HCOOH is 1.22 g/mL. If 33.5 mL of methanoic acid is
dissolved in water to a volume of 250 mL, calculate the concentration of methanoic
acid in
i) %v/v
ii) %w/v
8) Calculate the molar concentration of HNO 3 in a solution that has a specific gravity of
1.42 and is 70.5% HNO3 (w/w).

9) A 12.5% (w/w) NiCl2 (129.61 g/mol) solution has a density of 1.149 g/mL. Calculate
i) The molar concentration of NiCl2 in the solution
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ii) The molar Cl concentration of the solution

10) Calculate the molar concentration of H3PO4 commercial reagent that is 86% (w/w)
and has a specific gravity of 1.71.