Question

A chemist makes of magnesium fluoride working solution by adding distilled water to of a stock solution of magnesium fluoride in water. Calculate the concentration of the chemist's working solution. Round your answer to significant digits.

Answer 1

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A chemist makes 600. mL of magnesium fluoride working solution by adding distilled water to 230. mL of a stock solution of 0.00154 mol/L magnesium fluoride in water. Calculate the concentration of the chemist's working solution. Round your answer to 3 significant digits.

Answer: The concentration of chemist's working solution is $5.90\times 10^{-4}M$

Explanation:

To calculate the molarity of the diluted solution (chemist's working solution), we use the equation:

$M_1V_1=M_2V_2$

where,

$M_1\text{ and }V_1$ are the molarity and volume of the stock magnesium fluoride solution

$M_2\text{ and }V_2$ are the molarity and volume of chemist's magnesium fluoride solution

We are given:

$M_1=0.00154M\\V_1=230mL\\M_2=?M\\V_2=600mL$

Putting values in above equation, we get:

$0.00154\times 230=M_2\times 600\\\\M_2=\frac{0.00154\times 230}{600}=5.90\times 10^{-4}M$

Hence, the concentration of chemist's working solution is $5.90\times 10^{-4}M$