How many grams of glucose, $C_6H_12O_6$ , are needed to make 1500 mL of an intravenous D5W solution (5.0% (w/v) glucose solution)?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-24T20:02:53

Recall,

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

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

Hence,

$1500"mL" * (5.0"g")/(100"mL") approx 75"g"$

of glucose are in the solution, given your data.

How many grams of glucose, C_6H_12O_6C_6H_12O_6, are needed to make 1500 mL of an intravenous D5W solution (5.0% (w/v) glucose solution)?