Question

The instructions for the experiment direct you to prepare 30 mL of 1.5 M HCl solution. In the chemical closet, you locate an 18M stock solution of HCl. What volume of the 18M HCl is needed to make the solution?

Answer 1

The volume of the 18M HCl needed to make the solution will be 2.5 mL.

Dilution

According to the dilution principle, the number of moles of solutes in a solution before and after dilution must remain the same.

Since, mole = molarity x volume

Thus, molarity x volume before dilution = molarity x volume after dilution.

Mathematically, the equation is written as: m1v1 = m2v2

In this case, m1 = 18 M, m2 = 1.5 M, and v2 = 30 mL.

What we are looking for is v1, the amount of the stock HCl needed for dilution.

v1 = m2v2/m1 = 1.5 x 30/18 = 2.5 mL.

Thus, 2.5 mL of the stock HCl would be needed.

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