What volume of the #"0.8-mol L"^(-1)# aluminium nitrate, #"Al"("NO"_3)_3#, solution contains #"85 g"# of the solute?
options for answers
a) 3.1L
b) 2.0L
c) 0.5L
d) 0.32L
options for answers
a) 3.1L
b) 2.0L
c) 0.5L
d) 0.32L
1 Answer
Explanation:
You know that your solution has a molarity of
You can actually convert the concentration of the solution to grams per liter by using the molar mass of the solute.
#0.8 color(white)(.)color(red)(cancel(color(black)("moles Al"("NO"_3)_3)))/"1 L solution" * "213.0 g"/(1color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mole Al"("NO"_3)_3)))) = "170.4 g L"^(-1)#
This means that every
Since solutions are homogeneous mixtures, i.e. they have the same composition throughout, you can use the known composition of the solution to calculate the volume that would contain
#85 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("g Al"("NO"_3)_3))) * "1 L solution"/(170.4color(red)(cancel(color(black)("g Al"("NO"_3)_3)))) = color(darkgreen)(ul(color(black)("0.5 L solution")))#
The answer must be rounded to one significant figure, the number of sig figs you have for the molarity of the solution.
As a side note, because aluminium nitrate is soluble in water, you can't say that the solution contains
Instead, you can say that the solution contains