SEPT 2017/JAN 2018

TUTORIAL 1

1. Calculate the number of moles of the indicated species in :

i) 4.96 g of B2O3
ii) 333 mg of Na2B4O7.10H2O

2. Find the number of millimoles of the indicated species:

i) 57 mg of P2O5
ii) 12.92 g of CO2

3. Calculate the number of millimoles of solute in:

i) 175 mL of 0.320 M HClO4.
ii) 15.0 L of 8.05 x 10-3 M K2Cr2O4.
iii) 5.00 L of an aqueous solution that contains 6.75 ppm of AgNO3.
iv) 851 mL of 0.0200 M KOH.

4. What is the mass in milligrams of solute in:

i) 500 mmol of MgO.
ii) 2.92 L of 4.76 x 10-3 M H2O2.
iii) 3.50 L of a solution that contains 21.7 ppm of SnCl2.
iv) 587 mL of a solution contains 3.74 ppm of Pb(NO3)2.

5. Calculate mass in grams of solute in:

a) 450 mL of 0.164 M KNO3.
b) 27.0 mL of 8.75 x 10-4 M benzoic acid (122 g/mol).

6. A solution contains 118.5 g KI per liter solution. Calculate the concentration in

i) % w/v
ii) % w/w
Given the density of the solution at 25 0C is 1.078 g/mL.

7. Methanol, CH3OH (32.0 g/mol) has a density of 0.79 g/mL. If 54.0 mL methanol is
added with water to a volume of 500.0 mL, calculate the concentration of the
methanol solution in
i) percent v/v
ii) percent w/v
iii) molarity

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8. The density of methanoic acid, HCOOH is 1.22 g/mL. If 33.5 mL of methanoic acid is
dissolved in water to a volume of 250 mL, calculate the concentration of methanoic
acid in
i) % v/v
ii) % w/v

9. Calculate the molar concentration of HNO3 in a solution that has a specific gravity of
1.42 and is 70.5% HNO3 (w/w).

10. A 12.5% (w/w) NiCl2 (129.61 g/mol) solution has a density of 1.149 g/mL. Calculate
i) The molar concentration of NiCl2 in the solution.
ii) The molar Cl- concentration of the solution.

11. Calculate the molar concentration of H3PO4 commercial reagent that is 86% (w/w)
and has a specific gravity of 1.71.

12. The density of commercial concentrated HNO3 is 1.41 g/mL The concentrated acid
contains 69% (w/w of pure acid. Determine
a) Quantity in gram of pure HNO3 in 1000 mL of the concentrated acid.
b) Molarity of the commercial concentrated acid.
c) Volume in mL of concentrated acid is needed to prepare 500 mL of 2.50 M HNO3
solution.

13. Describe the preparation of solution:

a). 500 mL 0.250 M ethylene glycol (MW = 62.07) from a concentrated 31 % (w/w)
solution that has a density of 1.0350 g/mL.
b) 2.00 L of 0.108 M BaCl2 from BaCl2.2H2O salt.
c) 750 mL of 6.00 M H3PO4 from the commercial reagent that is 86% H3PO4 (w/w)
and has specific gravity of 1.71.
d) 250 mL of 0.0750 M AgNO3 from the solid reagent.
e) 500 mL of 4.75 % (w/w) aqueous ethanol.
f) 250 mL solution of 25 ppm of Na+, from solid sodium sulfate (Na2SO4)

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