How many grams of manganese (IV) oxide are needed to make 5.6 liters of a 2.1 M solution?

1 Answer
May 6, 2017

Are you sure that MnO_2 is that soluble............?

Explanation:

Ordinarily, we would perform the calculation........:

"Concentration"="Moles of solute"/"Volume of solution";

and thus "moles of solute"="volume"xx"concentation"; and

"mass of solute"="volume"xx"concentration"xx"molar mass"

=5.6*Lxx2.1*mol*L^-1xx86.94*g*mol^-1~=1000*g.

The problem is that MnO_2 is as soluble as a brick, and you would not be able to achieve these concentrations.......This insolubility lent itself to an important (preindustrial) applications, i.e. as a pigment in oil painting. Umber (from Umbria in Italy where the ore was mined) featured in the great paintings of Rembrandt and Caravaggio as a deep orange-brown.