Chemistry Topic: Solutions Sample Problems 1. A solution is made by dissolving 13.5g of glucose, C6H12O6, in 0.1kg of water.

What is the mass percentage of the solute in the solution? What is the mass percentage of water? Answer: 11.9% and 88.1% 2. A 2.5g sample of groundwater was found to contain 5.4g of Zn2+. What is the concentration of Zn2+ in ppm? Answer: 2.2ppm 3. Calculate the mass percentage of NaCl in a solution containing 1.50g of NaCl in 50.0 g of H2O. Answer: 2.91% 4. A commercial bleaching solution contains 3.62 mass percentage of sodium hypochlorite, NaOCl. What is the mass of NaOCl in a bottle containing 2500g of bleaching solution? Answer: 90.5 g NaOCl 5. A solution is made by dissolving 4.35g glucose, C6H12O6 in 25 mL of water. Calculate the molality of glucose in the solution. Answer: 0.966 m 6. What is the molality of a solution made by dissolving 36.5g of naphthalene, C10H8 in 45 g of toluene, C7H8? Answer: 6.33 m 7. A solution of hydrochloric acid contains 36% HCL by mass. Calculate the (a) mole fraction of HCl in the solution, (b) molality of HCl in the solution. Answer: (a) 0.22, (b) 15 m 8. A commercial bleach solution contains 3.62 mass percentage of NaOCl in water. Calculate (a) molality, and (b) mole fraction of NaOCl in the solution. Answer: (a) 0.505 m, (b).9.00x10-3 9. Given that the density of a solution of 5.0 g toluene and 225g of benzene is 0.876 g/ml. Calculate the molarity and molality of the solution. Answer: 0.2 M, 0.24 m 10. A solution containing equal masses of glycerol, C3H8O3 and water has a density of 1.10g/ml. Calculate the molality, mole fraction and molarity of glycerol in the solution. Answer: 10.9 m, 0.163, 5.97 M 11. Calculate the molarity of a solution made by dissolving 23.4g of sodium sulphate, Na2SO4, in enough water to form 125mL of solution. Answer: 1.32 M

12. Calculate the molarity of a solution made by dissolving 5.00g of glucose, C6H12O6, in sufficient water to form 100mL of solution. Answer: 0.278 M 13. How many grams of Na2SO4 are required to make 0.350 L of 0.5 M Na2SO4? Answer: 24.9 g Na2SO4 14. How many grams of Na2SO4 are there in 15 mL of 50 M Na2SO4? How many millilitres of 0.50 M Na2SO4 solution are required to supply 0.038 mol of this salt? Answer: 1.1g , 76 mL 15. How much 3.0 M H2SO4 would be required to make 450 mL of 0.10 M H2SO4? Answer: 15mL 16. How many millilitres of 5.0 M K2Cr2O7 solution must be diluted in order to prepare 250mL of a 0.10 M solution? Answer: 5.0 mL

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Kevin C. Tan Civil Engineering Undergraduate Student University of the Philippines - Diliman