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Transition Metals, Quantitative Chemistry and Industrial Processes

Concentration in mol dm-3 and titration calculations

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Overview

Concentration in mol dm⁻³ and its link to moles and volume, converting between mol dm⁻³ and g dm⁻³, finding the mass of solute, calculating unknown concentrations and volumes from titration results using the reacting ratio, and spotting implausible answers.

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Key term

State the relationship between moles, concentration and volume of a solution.

Numbers

How is a volume measured in cm³ converted into dm³?

Key term

How is a concentration in mol dm⁻³ converted into g dm⁻³?

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  1. 1

    What is meant by the concentration of a solution in mol dm⁻³?

    Model answer

    It is the number of moles of solute dissolved in each cubic decimetre of solution.

  2. 2

    State the relationship between moles, concentration and volume of a solution.

    Model answer

    The number of moles equals the concentration in mol dm⁻³ multiplied by the volume in dm³.

  3. 3

    How is a volume measured in cm³ converted into dm³?

    Model answer

    Divide the volume in cm³ by 1000.

  4. 4

    How is a concentration in mol dm⁻³ converted into g dm⁻³?

    Model answer

    Multiply the concentration in mol dm⁻³ by the relative formula mass of the solute.

  5. 5

    Calculate the concentration in mol dm⁻³ of a solution containing 0.100 mol of solute in 250 cm³.

    Model answer

    250 cm³ is 0.250 dm³, so the concentration is 0.100 ÷ 0.250 = 0.400 mol dm⁻³.

  6. 6

    A sodium hydroxide solution has a concentration of 0.500 mol dm⁻³. Calculate its concentration in g dm⁻³, given that the relative formula mass of NaOH is 40.

    Model answer

    0.500 × 40 = 20.0 g dm⁻³.

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