Question

A CaCl2 solution is given to increase blood levels of calcium. If a patient receives 6.1 mL of a 12 % (m/v) CaCl2 solution, how many grams of CaCl2 were given?

Answer 1

Mass of CaCl₂ = 0.732 g

Further explanation

The concentration of a substance can be expressed in several quantities such as moles, percent (%) weight / volume,), molarity, molality, parts per million (ppm) or mole fraction. The concentration shows the amount of solute in a unit of the amount of solvent.

$\tt \%(m/v)\rightarrow 12\%=\dfrac{mass~CaCl_2}{volume~of~solution}\times 100\%\\\\mass~CaCl_2=12\%\times 6.1\div 100\%\\\\mass~CaCl_2=0.732~g$