Tutorial Calculation 2013

1. Briefly explain how to prepare the following solutions:

a. 1.0 L 10.50 % (w/v) aqueous CH3CH2CH2OH (answer : 105 g)
b.

500 mL 2.0 M H2SO4 from a commercial reagent, at 90% (w/w) purity and
specific gravity of 1.84. (answer : 59.18 mL)

c. 250 mL 50 ppm 0f AgNO3 from the solid chemical (answer : 0.0125 g)

d. 500 mL 6.5% (w/v) aqueous ethanol (answer : 32.5 g)
e. 0.1 L 6.0 M H3PO4 from a commercial reagent, at 85% (w/w) purity and
specific gravity of 1.69 (answer : 327.46 mL)
f. 400 mL 0.080 M of AgNO3 from the solid chemical (answer : 5.44g)
g. 500 mL 100 ppm Ag+ from pure reagent solid silver nitrate (answer : 0.079 g)
2. The density of commercial concentrated HNO3 is 1.41 g/mL. The concentrated acid
contains 69% (wt/wt) of pure acid. Determine:
a. the quantity in gram of pure HNO3 in 1000 mL of the concentrated
HNO3(answer : 972.9 g)
b. the molarity of the commercial concentrated acid (answer : 15.44 M)
c. the volume (in mL) of concentrated acid needed to prepare 500 mL 0f 2.50 M
HNO3 solution (answer : 80.96 mL)
d. How mililiters of KOH solution, prepared by dissolving 60.0 g of KOH in 100
mL of solution, are needed to prepare 450 mL of a 0.70 M solution (answer :
29.41 mL)

3. A student wishes to prepare 500 mL of 25 ppm solution of barium. Calculate:

a. How many mililiters of 1000 ppm barium would be required if he/she were to
prepare this by dilution? (answer : 12.5 mL)
b. If he/she were to prepare this from pure solid BaCl2.2H2O, how many grams
would be required? (answer : 22.4 mg)
4. Tell how you would prepare 250 mL of a 5.00 M solution of H3PO4 from its
commercial reagent (purity of 85% w/w with specific gravity of 1.69) (answer : 85.27
mL)

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5. The density of concentrated HCl is 1.19 g/mL. This concentrated acid contains 36%
(w/w) pure acid. Calculate:
a.

the number of grams of pure HCl in 1.0 L the concentrated HCl (answer: 428.4
g/L)

b.

the molarity of concentrated acid (answer: 11.74 M)

c.

the volume of concentrated acid needed to prepare 2.0 L of 0.1 M HCl

solution(answer: 17.04 mL)

6. Methanol, CH3OH has a density of 0.79 g/mL. If 26.5 mL of methanol is added to

water to make a 250.0 mL solution. Calculate the concentration of methanol solution
in,
a. % v/v (answer: 10.6%)
b. % w/v (answer: 8.4%)
c. Molarity (answer: 2.62 M)
7. Describe the preparation of a 250 mL solution containing of 1000 ppm Cu2+ stating
from solid CuSO4.5H2O (MW=249.5). (answer: 0.982 g)
8. List and explain all the steps involved in preparing 1.00 L 0.003 M standard solution
Na2CO3 standard solution. (answer: 0.318 g)
9. Calculate the molar concentration of ethanol in aqueous solution that cantains 2.3 g of
C2H5OH in 3.50 L of solution (answer: 0.0413 M)
10. Describe the preparation of 2.00 L of 0.108 M BaCl2 from BaCl2.2H2O (answer: 52.8 g)
11. Describe the preparation of 500 mL of 0.0740 M Cl- solution from solid BaCl2.2H2O
(answer: 4.52 g)

12. Calculate the molar concentration of HNO3 in a solution that has a specific gravity of
1.42 and is 70.5% HNO3 (w/w). (answer: 16 M)
13. How many Na+ ions are contained in 5.43 g of Na3PO4? (answer: 5.98 x 1022 Na+ ions)
14. Find the number of moles of the indicated species
a. 4.96 g of B2O3 (answer: 0.0712 mol)
b. 333 mg of Na2B4O7.10H2O (answer: 8.73 x 10-4 mol)
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c. 8.75 g of Mn3O4 (answer: 0.0382 mol)

d. 167.2 mg of CaC2O4 (answer: 1.31 x 10-3 mol)

15. Find the number of milimoles of solute in:

a. 2.00 L of 3.25 x 10-3 M KMnO4 (answer: 6.5 mmol)
b. 750 mL of 0.0555 M KSCN (answer: 41.6 mmol)
c. 250 mL of a solution that contains 5.41 ppm of CuSO4 (answer: 8.47 x 10-3 mmol)
d. 3.5 L of 0.333 M KCl (answer: 1165.6 mmol)
16. What is the mass in milligrams of:
a. 0.777 mol of HNO3 (answer: 4.90 x 104 mg)
b. 500 mmol of MgO (answer: 2.015 x 104 mg)
c. 22.5 mol of NH4NO3 (answer: 1.80 x 106 mg)
d. 4.32 mol of (NH4)2Ce(NO3)6 (548.23g/mol) (answer: 2.37 x 106 mg)

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