ASSIGNMENT 1
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Last date of assignment submission is: 2nd December, 2019.
1. Why do we use molarity as concentration unit?
2. How to prepare 0.1 M HCl in 100 mL water? (Calculate for 37% HCl)
3. How to prepare 0.1 M H2SO4 in 100 mL water? (Calculate for 98% H2SO4)
4. What is the molarity of 37% HCl solution?
5. What is the molarity of synthetic vinegar?
6. How much water you have to add to 450 ml of a solution 0.3 M to obtain a concentration
0.25 M?
7. The molecular weight (mw) of HCl is 36, calculate:
i) the grams of HCl contained in 0.2 moles;
ii) the grams of HCl needed to prepare 500 ml of a solution 1 M.
8. 500 ml of a solution contains 20 grams of NaOH (mw = 40). Calculate the molarity of the
solution.
9. A solution of NaOH (mw = 40) is prepared by dissolving 20 grams of the base in enough
water to make one liter of solution. Calculate the molarity of this solution.
10. Calculate the grams of NaCl (mw = 58) contained in 30 ml of a 0.2 M solution.
11. 2 liters of a solution contain 1 mole of HCl. Calculate the molarity of the solution.
12. Calculate the grams of HCl (mw = 36) present in two liters of a solution 0.3 M.
13. Calculate the ml of a 1 M solution of NaCl needed to prepare 100 ml of a 0.2 M solution.
14. How many grams of Na2SO4 (Mw = 142) are needed to prepare 5 liters of a solution 0.1 M?
15. Calculate the concentration expressed in grams% (w/v) of a 1 M solution of HCl (Mw=36).
16. You need to withdraw 200 grams of a KCl solution having density = 1.16 g/ml. How many
ml of the solution you will withdraw?
17. Calculate the molarity of a solution containing 100 grams of NaCl (Mw = 58.5) in 1.5 liters
of water.
18. One liter of a solution 6 M HCl is to be prepared by mixing two different solutions of the
acid:
i. HCl 12 M, ii. HCl 3 M
19. The preparation of 300 ml of a 10% (w/v) solution of NaCl is to be accomplished by mixing
two different solutions of the salt:
1. NaCl 5%, 2. NaCl 20%
Assuming that there is no variation of the volume during the mixing, calculate the ml of 1
and 2 needed.
20. Potassium permanganate (KMnO4) reacts with oxalate ion (C 2O4--) according to the following
reaction:
2MnO4- + 5C2O4-- + 16H+ = 2Mn++ + 10CO2 + 8H2O
Calculate the milliliters of 0.10 M KMnO4 that react completely with 0.01 moles of oxalate.
21. Calculate the density of a solution obtained by mixing 150 ml of NaOH (d = 1.70 gr/ml) and
350 ml of distilled water (d = 1 gr/ml).
22. When 300 ml of water are added to 100 ml of H 2SO4 solution (d = 1.2 g/ml) a contraction of
the volume of 4% is observed. Calculate the density of the final solution.
23. A solution of HNO3 is 20% by weight (i.e., 20 g of acid in 100 g of solution) and has a
density of 1.11 gr/ml. Calculate which volume of the solution contains 10 g of HNO3.
24. A solution of H2SO4 (density = 1.834 gr/ml) contains 95 g of the acid per 100 grams of
solution. Calculate the volume of the solution containing 38 gr of the acid.
25. A solution of KOH (density = 1.4 gr/ml) was obtained by mixing 100 ml of a solution of
KOH (density = 1.5 gr/ml) with 100 ml of another solution having density = 1.1 gr/ml.
Calculate the volume of the resulting solution.
26. A solution of NaCl was obtained by mixing two different solutions of the salt:
1. one liter of a solution containing 1.8 g/100 ml of solution
2. 750 ml of another solution containing 3.3 g/100 ml of solution.
Calculate the concentration of the resulting solution expressed as grams/100 ml of solution.
27. Calculate the molality and molarity of a solution of ethanol in water, by knowing that the
mole fraction of ethanol is 0.05 and the density of the solution is 0.997 grams/ml.
28. Calculate the weight of a solution prepared by mixing:
200 ml of a solution of HNO3 (d = 1.48 g/ml)
200 ml of a solution of H2SO4 (d = 1.9 g/ml)
29. You are given a solution of amylose‐azure at 2 mg/ml. You want your final concentration to
be 0.5 mg/ml in a 5 ml reaction. How much volume of the stock amylose‐azure solution will
you use for that 5 ml reaction?
30. Figure out the final concentration if you have a 2 mg/ml stock solution of BSA, and you use
0.2 ml of that BSA in a total volume of 1 ml.
31. You have 1 cup of orange juice concentrate. You add 4 cups of water, for a total volume of 5
cups. What percent of the mixture is orange juice?
32. You use 1 ml of blood in a final volume of 10 ml of heparin solution. What is the
concentration of blood in the final solution?
33. A 8.00 % by mass aqueous solution of ammonia has a density of 0.9651 g/mL, Calculate the
molality of the solution.
34. Calculate the mole fraction of a 0.75 m KBr solution.
35. Calculate the mass percent of a 0.75 m KBr solution.
36. A 1.52 x 10-5 M sodium nitrate solution has a density of 1.00 g/mL. Calculate its
concentration in terms of ppm.
37. What is the molality of ammonium chloride in an aqueous solution that has mole fraction of
ammonium chloride equal to 0.0823?
38. The mole fraction of ethanol, CH 3CH2OH, in an aqueous solution of ethanol is 0.4536. The
density of the solution is 0.872 g/cm3. What is the molarity of the solution?
39. The density of 3.54 M solution of ammonium chloride in solution is 1.0512 g/cm 3, what is
the mole fraction of the solution? What is the concentration in terms of ppm?
40. A herbicide contain 20% pyroxysulam, calculate 20 ppm solution in 1 liter.
41. A solution has 100 ppm KMnO4, make 100 ppb solution in 100 mL.
42. If we mix 2M and 5M HCl solution, what will be the final concentration?
43. What volume of 0.50 M KOH would be required to neutralize completely 500 mL of 0.25 M
H3PO4 solution?
44. What is formality of 1M NaCl if it is completely soluble in water.
45. What is the formality of acetic acid if it is only 30% soluble in water?
46. A concentrated solution of ammonia is 28.0% w/w NH3NH3 and has a density of 0.899
g/mL. What is the molar concentration of NH3 in this solution?
47. A patient has a cholesterol count of 206 mg/dL. What is the molarity of cholesterol in this
patients’ blood if the molecular mass of cholesterol is 386.64 g/mol? (1 L = 10 dL) [Answer
=5.33 x 10-3 M cholesterol]
48. Two thirds of body iron is present in circulating red blood cells as hemoglobin. Each gram of
hemoglobin contains 3.47 mg of iron; thus, each mL of blood lost from the body
(hemoglobin 15 g/dL) results in a loss of 0.5 mg of iron. If in an accident a person has
bleeding of 243 mL blood, calculate how much iron he has lost.
49. 5 g HCl reacted with how much of NaOH to form salt and water?
50. How much oxygen will be required to react with 150 g of natural gas?
CH4 + O2 → CO2 + H
51. In a reaction 3.3 g of sodium chloride was formed by reacting washing soda with HCl,
calculate the moles of reactants?