Concentration

Definition

Concentration refers to the amount of solute in the solvent

Heat allows for more solute to be placed in the solvent, because heat causes the solvent molecules to move further apart.

Types of Solution

Unsaturated Solution, Diluted Solution

Definition

Less than the max amount of solute in the solvent

Saturated Solution, Concentrated Solution

Definition

Max amount of solute in the solvent

Supersaturated Solution

Definition

Temporarily more than a saturated solution. More than the max amount of solute in the solvent.

Achieved through external means such as heat.

Consumer Concentration

Types of Concentration

Mass/Volume Percentage

Example

200 mL of distilled water is added to 4.00 g of a powdered drug to make a final volume of 3.00 mL. Calculate the percentage in a m/v %.

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Mass/Mass Percentage

Example

A sample has a mass of 23.47 g. The solution was evaporated and the residue had a mass of 4.58 g. Calculate the m/m % of calcium chloride in the solution.

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Volume/Volume Percentage

Example

Rubbing alcohol is sold as 70% (v/v). What volume of alcohol is used to make 500mL?

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Parts per Million and Parts per Billion

Info

Just like how % is parts per hundred, we use PpM and PpB when the ratio becomes very small

Remeber:

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Note

Does not refer to the particles per million/billion, but the mass of solute compared to the mass of the solution

Example

The solubility of NaCl is of water. What is the concentration in ppm?

Chemical Concentration of Solution

Molarity Calculations

Info

In chemistry, concentration is usually expressed in terms of molarity (M)

Formula

Where is molarity (), is the number of moles, and is the volume in litres

Example

What is the molarity of a solution made by dissolving of in enough water to make of solution?

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Example

of an aqueous solution of was added to sample of calcium carbonate () to produce calcium chloride (), with water and carbon dioxide as by-products, according to Reaction (1). All the reacted. The excess from Reaction (1) was used in Reaction (2) and reacted completely to produce of a barium chloride () solution.

What was the original concentration of used in this reaction?

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Summary: reacts with excess , then that excess is reacted with excess . Find original concentration of .

Equation 1:

Equation 2:

All together:

Dilution Calculations

Info

Dilution involves preparing a diluted solution from a more concentrated stock solution

Formula

Where is the molarity (mol / L), is the volume in litres, and the left side is the stock/concentrated solution

Pretty standard stuff

Don't mix up units, especially litres

Example

What volume of sodium sulfate solution would be required to prepare of sodium sulfate.

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Example

Silver nitrate is a very expensive chemical.
For a particular experiment, you need of , but only of is available. You decide to pipette of solution into a flask, add an appropriate mass of , and then dilute the resulting solution to exactly . What mass of must you use?

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  • We need of solution
  • We have of
    • We use of

all together: