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UNITS OF CONCENTRATION

• A SOLUTION IS A HOMOGENEOUS
MIXTURE OF ONE SUBSTANCE (THE
SOLUTE) DISSOLVED IN ANOTHER
SUBSTANCE (THE SOLVENT).
• CONCENTRATION IS A RATIO OF THE
AMOUNT OF SOLUTE TO THE
AMOUNT OF SOLVENT.
THE AMOUNT OF SOLUTE THAT DISSOLVES
CAN VARY
• CONCENTRATION: THE AMOUNT OF
SOLUTE DISSOLVED IN A SOLVENT AT
A GIVEN TEMPERATURE.
• EXAMPLES:
• HOT CHOCOLATE…THE MORE
POWDERED MIX YOU ADD THE HIGHER
THE CONCENTRATION OF CHOCOLATE
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• LEMONADE…THE MORE FROZEN
LEMON CONCENTRATE OR POWDERED
MIX YOU ADD THE MORE TART THE
DRINK BECOMES
UNITS OF CONCENTRATION
• PERCENT VOLUME
% VOLUME = VOLUME SOLUTE (ML) X 100
VOLUME SOLUTION (ML)
• PERCENT MASS
% MASS = MASS SOLUTE (G) X 100
MASS SOLUTION (G)

SOLUTION = SOLVENT + SOLUTE


UNITS OF CONCENTRATION
EXAMPLE 1:
FIND THE PERCENT BY
MASS IN WHICH 41.0 G OF
SODIUM CHLORIDE IS
DISSOLVED IN 331 GRAMS
OF WATER.
• IF 28.5 GRAMS OF CALCIUM
HYDROXIDE IS DISSOLVED
IN ENOUGH WATER TO
MAKE 185 GRAMS OF
SOLUTION, WHAT IS THE
PERCENT BY MASS OF
CALCIUM HYDROXIDE IN
THE SOLUTION?
UNITS OF CONCENTRATION
EXAMPLE 2:
WHAT IS THE PERCENT BY VOLUME
CONCENTRATION OF A
SOLUTION IN WHICH 75.0 ML OF
ETHANOL IS DILUTED TO A
VOLUME OF 250.0 ML?
UNITS OF CONCENTRATION
EXAMPLE 3:
WHAT VOLUME OF ACETIC ACID IS
PRESENT IN A BOTTLE CONTAINING
350.0 ML OF A SOLUTION WHICH
MEASURES 5.00%
CONCENTRATION?
• A SOLUTION IS PREPARED BY
DISSOLVING 20 ML OF PURE
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IN ENOUGH
WATER TO MAKE 200 ML
SOLUTION. WHAT IS THE
CONCENTRATION OF THE
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SOLUTION?
PARTS PER MILLION

PPM = GRAMS SOLUTE X 1,000,000


GRAMS SOLUTION

0.0043 G OF OXYGEN GAS DISSOLVE IN 100 ML OF


WATER AT 20 DEGREES CELSIUS. WHAT IS THE
CONCENTRATION IN PPM?
UNITS OF CONCENTRATION
•MOLARITY (M) IS THE MOST
COMMON UNIT OF
CONCENTRATION
•MOLARITY IS AN EXPRESSION
OF MOLES/LITER OF THE
SOLUTE.
MOLARITY = # OF MOLES OF
SOLUTE IN 1 LITER OF SOLUTION
UNITS OF CONCENTRATION
• A MOLE IS THE SI UNIT OF NUMBER OF
PARTICLES AND CAN BE USED AS AN
EXPRESSION OF THE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF A
SUBSTANCE.

The formula weight of an


element is expressed as
grams/mole
UNITS OF CONCENTRATION

• THE MOLAR MASS OF A COMPOUND CAN BE


CALCULATED BY ADDING THE MOLAR MASS OF
THE INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS.

22.99 + 35.45 = 58.44 g/mol


MAKING SOLUTIONS
• HOW MANY GRAMS OF NACL WOULD YOU NEED TO
PREPARE 200.0 ML OF A 5 M SOLUTION?
g = M x L x molar mass
g = (5mol/L) (0.2L) (58.44g/mol)
g = 58.44 g
MOLARITY PROBLEMS

WHAT IS THE MOLARITY OF A


SOLUTION OF NAOH IF
THERE ARE 40 GRAMS OF
NAOH DISSOLVED WATER TO
MAKE 1 LITERS OF
SOLUTION?

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