CONCENTRATION OF AQUEOUS SOLUTION

1. State the meaning of the following terms.

(a) Concentration in unit g dm-3
(b) Concentration in unit mol dm-3
(c) Molarity

2. Calculate the concentration of solution in g dm-3 when 36.5 g of hydrogen chloride is

dissolved in water to make 500 cm3 of solution.

3. Calculate the molarity of a solution which is prepared by dissolving 0.30 mol of sodium
hydroxide in distilled water to make up 250 cm3 of solution.

4. Calculate the concentration of nitric acid in g dm-3 with the molarity of 0.2 mol dm-3.
[RAM: H= 1, N=14, O=16]

5. Calculate the concentration in g dm-3 , of 162 g hydrogen bromide in 200 cm3 of solution.

6. Calculate the molarity of sodium thiosulphate solution with the concentration of 28.4 g dm-
3. [RAM: o=16, Na= 23, S=32]

7. Calculate the concentration of:

(a) 150 g of nitric acid is dissolved in water to produce 15 dm3 of solution.
(b) 45 g of zinc sulphate is dissolved in water to produce 3 cm3 of solution.
(c) 4 g of sodium hydroxide is dissolved in water to produce 160 cm3 of solution.

8. Calculate the molarity of:

(a) 0.6 mol magnesium sulphate is dissolved in water to produce 200 cm3 of solution.
(b) 0.5 mol sodium hydroxide is dissolved in water to make 250 cm3 of solution.
(c) 0.4 mol of potassium carbonate is dissolved in water to produce 2 dm3 of solution.

9. Solve the numerical problems below.

(a) What is the mass of sodium hydroxide that is dissolved in water to produce 150 cm3 of
35 gdm-3 sodium hydroxide solution?
(b) 5.6 g of potassium hydroxide is dissolved in water to make 250 cm3 of solution. What is
the concentration of the solution produced in mol dm-3?
[RAM: H=1, O=16, K=39]