Hydrogen iodide is a diatomic gas which can be readily formed from the direct combination of the elements involved which is hydrogen and iodine. Both elements can be combined by irradiating the mixture with an electromagnetic radiation that has a wavelength which is equal to that needed to break the iodine molecule bond between the two iodine atoms
<em>A</em> = <em>ε</em> by the Beer-Lambert law, where
<em>A</em> the absorbance,
the path length,
<em>ε</em> the molar absorptivity of the solute, and
concentration of the solution.
<em>A</em> and <em>ε </em>are the same for both solutions. Therefore, is constant; is inversely proportional to . The 100 mL sample would have a concentration 1/4.78 times that of the 45.0 mL reference.
The 13.0 mL standard solution has a concentration of 5.17 ⨯ M. Diluting it to 45.0 mL results in a concentration of 1.494 M.
is inversely related to for the two solutions. As a result, c₂ = 3.126 M.
The 30.0 mL sample has to be diluted by 30.0 / 100.0 times to produce the 100.0 mL solution being tested. The 100.0 mL solution has a concentration of 3.126 M. Therefore, the 30.0 mL solution has a concentration of 1.04 ⨯ M.