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Expressing Concentration

  • A solid substance that dissolves in a liquid is called a solute, the liquid is called a solvent and the two when mixed together form a solution
  • Most chemical reactions occur between solutes which are dissolved in solvents, such as water or an organic solvent
  • Concentration simply refers to the amount of solute there is in a specific volume of the solvent
  • The greater the amount of solute in a given volume, the greater the concentration
  • A general formula for concentration is thus:
    Concentrations of Solutions | Chemistry for Grade 10
  • Concentration can be measured in grams per cubic decimetre
  • 1 decimetre cubed (dm3) = 1000 cm3
    • 1 decimetre cubed (dm3) is the same as 1 litre
  • You may be given data in a question which needs to be converted from cm3 to dm3 or the other way around
    • To go from cm3 to dm3 :
      • Divide by 1000
    • To go from dm3 to cm3 :
      • Multiply by 1000

Calculating Concentration in Mass per Volume

  • To calculate the concentration of a solution in terms of mass per unit volume, you need to
    • Identify the solute and solvent
    • Convert the volume units into decimetres cubed
    • Divide the mass of the solute by the volume of the solution in decimetres cubed

Worked Example

A student dissolved 10 g of sodium hydroxide, NaOH, in 2 dm3 of distilled water. Calculate the concentration of the solution.

Concentrations of Solutions | Chemistry for Grade 10

Exam Tip

Be careful when doing volume unit conversions as it is easy to multiply instead of dividing by 1000 and vice-versa. Always ask yourself - is the result going to be a bigger or smaller number than I started with? Do I get more or fewer cubic decimetres when I convert from cubic centimetres?

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