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 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'...
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'...