Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Concentration of Solutions Percent by Volume
Concentration of Solutions Percent by Volume
(Percent by Volume)
What I Know
A. 60 mL B. 65 mL
C. 70 mL D. 75 mL
2. What is the concentration, in
percent by mass, of 0.85 g of
solute in 50.0 g of solution?
A. 0.14 % B. 1.38%
C. 1.41% D. 1.70 %
3. A beverage contains 9% alcohol which means
that ____________
A. the solution contains 100 mL of alcohol in 100
mL of water.
B. the solution contains 3 mL of alcohol in 97 mL
of water.
C. the solution contains 9 mL of alcohol in 91 mL
of water.
D. the solution contains 300 mL of alcohol in 700
mL of water.
4. What is the percent by volume of
ethanol in a solution that contains 23
milliliters of ethanol dissolved in 1
liter of water?
A. 0.23% B. 2.30%
C. 23.30% D. 25.00%
5. What is the percent by volume
of isopropyl alcohol in a solution
that contains 400 mL of isopropyl
alcohol in 2.3 L of water?
A. 1.20% B. 2.10%
C. 12.20% D. 17.39%
When you add a small amount of sugar to
water, the solid disappears. We say that it
__________. The water particles are attracted
to the _______ particles. Although the sugar
particles are still there, we can’t see them
anymore. Sugar is soluble in water and has
formed a solution. When there is a solid
solute and liquid solvent, we use percent by
_________.
Percent by volume are for solutions that
involve a liquid solute and solvent, and
expresses concentration by volume of its
components. It expresses the
concentration of a liquid solution as
percentage of the volume of solute to the
volume of the solution (g/100 mL).
Most rubbing alcohol products sold in this
pandemic have a concentration of 70%,
which could be isopropyl or ethyl alcohol.
Lesson 2 Concentration of Solutions 12
This means that 70% is alcohol and the
other 30% is water (by volume of solute
and solvent). Percent by volume could be
computed as:
However, there are instances
when the volume of the
solutions is not equal to the
volume of the solvent and
solute; this is because the
volume of the liquid is not
absolutely proportionate.
SAMPLE EXERCISES
1. Most alcoholic beverages
contain ethanol (ethyl alcohol).
A 750 mL bottle of wine
contains 93.75 mL of ethanol.
What is the percent by volume
concentration of ethanol in the
bottle?
Identify the given quantities.
Given:
Asked: % Volume = ?
Choose applicable equation.
Solution:
Substitute the given quantities and cancel
same units.
Multiply result by 100
% Volume = 12.50%
2. How many milliliters
of ethyl alcohol are
present in a 50 mL
bottle of a 70% alcohol
solution?
What’s More
A. 30 mL B. 60 mL
2. A beverage contains 3% alcohol which
means that ______________
A. The solution contains 30 mL of alcohol.
B. The solution contains 30 mL water in 70 mL
of water.
C. The solution contains 3 mL of alcohol in 97
mL of water.
D. The solution contains 300 mL of alcohol in
700 mL of water
3. What is the percent by volume of
ethanol in a solution that contains 35
milliliters of ethanol dissolved in 115
milliliters of water?
A. 0.23% B. 2.33%
C. 23.33% D. 25.00%
4. What is the percent by volume of
isopropyl alcohol in a solution that
contains 24 mL of isopropyl
alcohol in 1.1 L of water?
A.1.20% B. 2.18%
C. 2.22% D. 12.21%
5. Nail polish is said to have varnish as a
solute and propanone as a solvent. How
much propanone is present in 50%
concentration of 150 mL solution?
A. 50 mL B. 55 mL
C. 70 mL D. 75 mL