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What is the molarity of a solution prepared by dissolving 12.0 g of sodium hydrogen carbonate, NaHCO3, in
water to make 250.0 mL of solution?

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Answer:

- 0.57138096 M

- 0.571mol

- 0.571 M NaHCO3

- 0.571 mol/NaHCO3

(these are just different ways to identify the units but they all work and mean the same thing)

Explanation:

- molarity is measured by the ratio of the moles of a solute per liters of a solution

- the formula for molarity is: [tex]M = \frac{mol (s) solute}{L solution}[/tex]__________________________________________________________

- first, you need to convert 250mL to L so, [tex]250/1000=0.25[/tex]

- when it comes to converting g to mol you can do it in a separate equation but i prefer to do it all in one equation

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- so the equation for this specific problem would be set up like this:[tex]\frac{12.0g}{.25L} x \frac{1mol}{84.007 g} = x[/tex]

  • 12.0g of NaHCO3
  • .25 L of solution
  • 1 mol: 84.007g (the molar mass of NAHCO3)

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- now to actually solve it:

[tex]\frac{12.0g}{.25L} x \frac{1mol}{84.007 g} = \frac{12.0}{21.00175} = 0.57138096(or)/0.571mol/0.571 M NaHCO3/(0.571 mol/NaHCO3)[/tex]

  • you just multiply across so [tex]12x1=12[/tex] and [tex].25x84.007 = 21.00175[/tex] then divide so [tex]12.0/21.00175 = 0.57138096[/tex]

hope this helps :)