What mass of sodium carbonate would be required to prepare 250 ml of 0.1 M sodium carbonate?
please help and explain it to me, i really dont understand
Okay, so here is how you do it First, you find the moles of sodium carbonate in the given solution. moles=concentraton x volume (n=cv) =0.1mol/dm3 x (250/1000)dm3 (0.1M = 0.1mol/dm3 and converting 250ml into dm3 by dividing by 1000) =0.025mol
Next, you find out the molecular mass of Na2CO3= ( 23 x 2) + 12 + (16 x 3) = 46 + 12 + 48 =106 (g/mol)
Then, you find out the mass of Na2CO3 needed to give .025 mol (the amount of moles in the solution) moles= mass / molar mass Therefore, mass = moles X molar mass =0.025 x 106 2.65g
Okay, so here is how you do it First, you find the moles of sodium carbonate in the given solution. moles=concentraton x volume (n=cv) =0.1mol/dm3 x (250/1000)dm3 (0.1M = 0.1mol/dm3 and converting 250ml into dm3 by dividing by 1000) =0.025mol
Next, you find out the molecular mass of Na2CO3= ( 23 x 2) + 12 + (16 x 3) = 46 + 12 + 48 =106 (g/mol)
Then, you find out the mass of Na2CO3 needed to give .025 mol (the amount of moles in the solution) moles= mass / molar mass Therefore, mass = moles X molar mass =0.025 x 106 2.65g
Hope this helps
thanks so much! i just did it before the reply but this was very clear, cheers