Determine the molarity of a solution prepared by dissolving 141.6 g of citric acid , c3h5o(cooh)3 , in water and then diluting t

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Juli2301 [7.4K]

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Determine the molarity of a solution prepared by dissolving 141.6 g of citric acid , c3h5o(cooh)3 , in water and then diluting t

he resulting solutionto 3500.0ml

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gogolik [260] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-02T18:50:54+03:00

gogolik [260]3 years ago

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The molarity of a solution prepared by dissolving 141.6g of citric acid in water is calculated as below

find the the number of moles

moles= mass/molar mass

= 141.6 g/ 192 g/mol = 0.738 moles

molarity= moles/molar mass

= 0.738/3500 x1000 = 0.21 M