An ammonia solution is 6.00 M and the density is 0.950 g/mL. What is the mass/mass percent concentration of NH_3NH3 (17.04 g/mol)?

1 Answer
Sep 29, 2016

Approx. 10-11%1011%

Explanation:

We want to find the quotient: "mass of ammonia"/"mass of solution"xx100%mass of ammoniamass of solution×100%.

We know (i) that "moles of ammonia"/"volume of solution"moles of ammoniavolume of solution == 6.00*mol*L^-16.00molL1.

We know (ii) that "mass of solution"/"volume of solution"mass of solutionvolume of solution == 0.950*g*mL^-10.950gmL1.

From (i) we know that a 1*L1L volume of solution contains:

1*Lxx6.00*mol*L^-1xx17.03*g*mol^-11L×6.00molL1×17.03gmol1 == 102.18*g" ammonia"102.18g ammonia

From (ii) we know that, 1*L1L of solution has a mass of 0.950*g*mL^-1xx1000*mL0.950gmL1×1000mL == 950.0*g950.0g.

And thus "mass of ammonia"/"mass of solution"xx100%mass of ammoniamass of solution×100% ==

(102.18*g)/(950*g)xx100%~=11%102.18g950g×100%11% Whewww, arithmetic!!