Thursday, January 5, 2012

Molar Concentration -- by Ria Park

Before Start - Rewview
 - Solute is the chemical that has the smaller quantity.
 - Solvent is the chemical that has the larger quantity.


Molar Concentration(Molarity)
 - is the number of moles of solute in a specific mount of litre of a solution.
 - We use "M" or "mole/L" to denote molarity.

               Molarity = moles of solute(mol) / volume of solution(L)

   e.g. If there is 3.40 moles of NaCl in 1.2 litres of solution, what is the molar concentration?
           
               Molarity =  moles of solute(mol) / volume of solution(L)
                             = 3.40 moles of NaCl / 1.2L
                             = 2.8333333...
                             = 2.8 mol/L NaCl  or  2.8 M
  

   e.g. Calculate the molarity of a solution that has 0.738 moles NaOH in 2.40L of solution.
   
              Molarity = mol / L            M  of NaOH = 0.738 mol NaOH / 2.40 L
                                                                           = 0.3075
                                                                           = 0.308 M NaOH  or  0.308 mol/L NaOH

   e.g. How many moles of KCl are contained in 1.5 L of 2.00 mol/L KCl?

              moles KCl = molarity × volume
                               = 2.00 mol/L × 1.5L
                               = 3.0 moles KCl

   e.g. What volume of 0.34 mol/L NaCl do we must take to obtain 0.021 mole of NaCl?

            volume = moles / molarity
                       =  0.34 mole NaCl / 0.021 mol/L NaCl
                       = 16 L




And here is very interesting video for fun learnig.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsQk8C098zA