Question

A concentrated salt solution has a mass of 5.222 g for a 5.000 mL sample.

Answer 1

The specific gravity or relative density of a substance is the ratio of its density to the density of a reference material. The relative density of the concentrated salt solution is 1.044.

Mathematically;

Density of the concentrated salt = mass of salt/volume of salt = 5.222 g/5.000 mL = 1.044 g/mL

In the case of specific gravity, the reference material is always water and water has a density of 1 g/mL.

Hence, specific gravity of the concentrated salt solution =

Density of concentrated salt solution/density of equal volume of water

= 1.044 g/mL/1 g/mL

= 1.044

Note that specific gravity is dimensionless.

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