muriatic acid is the commercial name for hydrochloric acid that can be purchased from hardware stores as a solution that is 30%(w/w) HCL. What mass of this solution contains 7.5g of HCL?,
We have 30% (w/w) HCl this means : 100 g solution contains 30 g HCl ?? g solution contains 7.5 g HCl By cross multiplication: Mass of solution = [tex] \frac{100 x 7.5 }{30} [/tex] = 25 g solution