Topic 3b: Concentration

Monday 13th of April 2020

3.2.2) More on Concentrations

Calculating Concentration in mol/dm3

Concentration ¿

What’s the concentration in mol/dm3 of a solution with 2 moles of NaCl in 500cm3?

500 c m 3 3
=0.5 dm
1000

a 2
c= = =4 mol /dm 3
v 0.5

Finding the Amount of Solute in a Solution

If you know the concentration of a solution in mol/dm 3, you can rearrange the equation
to find the amount of solute in a given volume.

What mass of NaOh is there in 0.450dm3 of a 0.6mol/dm3 solution?

Relative Formula Mass of NaOH =40

n=vc=0.6 ×0.45=0.270 mol

mass=moles × M r =0.270 × 40=10.8 g

 Topic 3b: Concentration

Monday 13th of April 2020

Converting between mol/dm3 and g/dm3

Concentration ¿

What is the concentration, in mol/dm3, of a 270g/dm3 solution of magnesium sulfate?

Relative Formula Mass of Magnesium Sulfate=120

g 270
mol= = =2.25 mol/d m 3
m r 120

What is the concentration, in g/dm3, of a 0.15mol/dm3 solution of potassium

hydroxide?

Relative Formula Mass of KOH =56

g= M r × mol=56 ×0.15=8.4 g/d m 3