How many grams of glucose, C_6H_12O_6C6H12O6, are needed to make 1500 mL of an intravenous D5W solution (5.0% (w/v) glucose solution)?

1 Answer
May 24, 2018

Recall,

%w"/"v = "g"/(100"mL")%w/v=g100mL

5.0%5.0% w/v glucose has 5.0"g"5.0g glucose per 100"mL"100mL of water.

Hence,

1500"mL" * (5.0"g")/(100"mL") approx 75"g"1500mL5.0g100mL75g

of glucose are in the solution, given your data.