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Mol/Dm3 or G/Dm3?

In my GCSE revision guide, it says that the concentration of something is the mass/volume... but when doing titrations, the formula to find the concentration can also be number of moles/volume.

Which formula should I use: Mass/Volume, or Moles/Volume?
Thank you 😃
(edited 4 years ago)
You can use both it depends what information you are given in the question
Both are valid forms, usually concentration will be given in mole/volume.
If you need to change between moles and mass just use Mass = Mr * Mole
Original post by Alessandro.C_27
In my GCSE revision guide, it says that the concentration of something is the mass/volume... but when doing titrations, the formula to find the concentration can also be number of moles/volume.

Which formula should I use: Mass/Volume, or Moles/Volume?
Thank you 😃


In the revision guide, it's explaining the general principle. If you were describing the 'concentration' of sugar in your tea, you'd talk about the 'amount' of sugar you'd put in the cup. And you'd ordinarily describe 'amount' in terms of mass - thus, mass/volume is a way of describing concentration.

Being more scientific about it, 'mass' doesn't properly describe 'amount of substance', because different atoms have a different mass, relative to one another. As you know, 'amount of substance' is properly masured in moles, and thus concentration is moles/volume. You'll see this written differently as mol.dm-3, mol/dm3, mol/L, mol.L-1, 'M'...
(edited 4 years ago)
Thank you for the info guys... I understand it now :smile:
Original post by Becca216
You can use both it depends what information you are given in the question


Original post by ThatGuy107
Both are valid forms, usually concentration will be given in mole/volume.
If you need to change between moles and mass just use Mass = Mr * Mole


Original post by Reality Check
In the revision guide, it's explaining the general principle. If you were describing the 'concentration' of sugar in your tea, you'd talk about the 'amount' of sugar you'd put in the cup. And you'd ordinarily describe 'amount' in terms of mass - thus, mass/volume is a way of describing concentration.

Being more scientific about it, 'mass' doesn't properly describe 'amount of substance', because different atoms have a different mass, relative to one another. As you know, 'amount of substance' is properly masured in moles, and thus concentration is moles/volume. You'll see this written differently as mol.dm-3, mol/dm3, mol/L, mol.L-1, 'M'...

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