Volume percent is usually used

when the solution is made by mixing

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two liquids. For example, rubbing
alcohol is generally 70% by volume
isopropyl alcohol. That means that
100 ml of solution contains 70 ml of
isopropyl alcohol.
Example
1) Asolution is prepared by
dissolving 90 milliliters of pure
hydrogen peroxide in enough
water to make 3000 milliliters of
solution. What is the concentration
of the hydrogen peroxide solution?
Solution:
Given data:
Volume of solute = 90 mL
Volume of solution = 3000 mL

Volume percent = volume of solute/volume of solution

×100%

Volume percent = 90 mL/3000 mL ×100%

Volume percent = 3%
 2)Calculate the
volume/volume percent
solution formed by combining
25 milliliters of ethanol with
enough water to make 200
milliliters of solution.
Solution:

Given data:
Volume of solute = 25 mL
Volume of solution = 200 mL

Substitute the values in the corresponding formula,

Volume percent = volume of solutevolume of solution ×100%

Volume percent = 25mL/200mL ×100%

Volume percent = 12.5%

Therefore, the concentration of the ethanol solution is 12.5%.

Mass percent is used as a way of
expressing a concentration or a way
of describing a component in a
mixture. For a solution, the mass
percent is expressed as the grams of
solute divided by the grams of
solution, then multiplied by 100 to get
a percentage.
Calculate the mass percent of
sodium hypochlorite in
commercial bleach, if 1.00
grams of NaOCl (the active
ingredient in bleach) is
dissolved in 19.05 grams of
solution.
Solution:
Mass Percent =grams of solute/grams
of solution x 100
Mass percent of NAOCL=
1.00g NAOCL/19.05grams of solution x
100

Mass percent =5.25

What is the percent by mass of rubbing
alcohol in a solution that contains 275 g
of rubbing alcohol in 500 g of solution?
Solution
Percent by mass = mass of rubbing
alcoholmass of
solution×100%=275g500g × 100 % =
55.0 % (m/m)
If the density of the above solution is 0.857
g/mL, what is the percent (m/v) of rubbing
alcohol?
Solution
Volume of solution = 500 g solution × 1mL
solution0.857g solution = 583.4 mL solution
(3 significant figures + 1 guard digit)
Percent (m/v) = mass of rubbing
alcoholvolume of
solution×100%=275g583.4mL × 100 % = 47.1 %
What is the percent by volume in a solution
that contains 350 mL of rubbing alcohol
500 mL of solution?
Solution
Percent by volume = volume of rubbing
alcoholvolume of solution × 100 %
= 350mL500mL × 100 % = 70.0 % (v/v)