Maranatha Christian Academy

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

A.Y 2020 -2021
Bangero, Kin Jobelle 12 VICTORY

MOLARITY AND MOLALITY

PRACTICE EXERCISE

1) 23.5g of NaCl is dissolved in enough water to make .683 L of solution. a) What is the molarity (M) of the
solution? b) How many moles of NaCl are contained in 0.0100 L of the above NaCl solution? c) What volume (L)
of this NaCl solution would contain 0.200 moles of NaCl?

a. Formula: 𝑀 = 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒/𝐿 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

Sol’n : 𝑀 = 23. 5𝑔 (1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑁𝑎𝐶𝑙/58. 44 𝑔 𝑁𝑎𝐶𝑙)/0. 683 𝐿
Final Answer : 𝑀 = 0. 589 𝑀 𝑁𝑎𝐶𝑙

b. Formula: 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒 = 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 * 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

Sol’n : 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒 = 0. 0100𝐿 (0. 589 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑁𝑎𝐶𝑙/1𝐿 𝑆𝑜𝑙'𝑛)
−3
Final Answer : 5. 89𝑥10 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑁𝑎𝐶𝑙 𝑜𝑟 0. 00589 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑁𝑎𝐶𝑙

c. Formula: 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒/𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

Sol’n : 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 0. 200 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑁𝑎𝐶𝑙 (1𝐿 𝑠𝑜𝑙'𝑛/0. 589)
Final Answer : 0. 34𝐿 𝐿 𝑠𝑜𝑙'𝑛

2) 12.5g of glucose (C6H12O6) is dissolved in enough water to make 750.0 mL of solution. a) What is the molarity
(M) of the solution? b) How many moles of glucose are contained in 237 mL of the above glucose solution? c)
What volume (L) of this glucose solution would contain 0.079 moles of glucose?

Conversion: mL=L
750mL (1 L/ 1000mL)= 0.75L
Molar Mass: C6H12O6
180.16 g/mol

a. Formula: 𝑀 = 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒/𝐿 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

Sol’n : 𝑀 = 12. 5𝑔 (1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑁𝑎𝐶𝑙/180. 16 𝑔 𝐶6𝐻12𝑂6)/0. 57 𝐿
Final Answer : 𝑀 = 0. 12 𝑀 𝐶6𝐻12𝑂6

Conversion: mL=L
237mL (1 L/ 1000mL)= 0.237 L

b. Formula: 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒 = 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 * 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

Sol’n : 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒 = 0. 237𝐿 (0. 12 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝐶6𝐻12𝑂6/1𝐿 𝑆𝑜𝑙'𝑛)
Final Answer : 0. 028 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐶6𝐻12𝑂6

c. Formula: 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒/𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

 Sol’n : 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 0. 079 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝐶6𝐻12𝑂6 (1𝐿 𝑠𝑜𝑙'𝑛/0. 12 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐶6𝐻12𝑂6 )
Final Answer : 0. 658 𝐿 𝑠𝑜𝑙'𝑛

3) 45.7 g of magnesium chloride (MgCl2) is dissolved in 2.40 kg of water. a) What is the molality (m) of the solution?
b) How many moles of MgCl2 are contained in 1.76 kg of solvent? c) How many kg of solvent would contain
0.0150 moles of MgCl2?

Conversion: Kg=mL=L
240kg (1000mL/1 kg)=2400mL
2400mL(1ml/ 1000 L)=2.4 L
Molar Mass: MgCl2
95.211 g/mol

a. Formula: 𝑀 = 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒/𝐿 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

Sol’n : 𝑀 = 45. 7 𝑔 (1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑁𝑎𝐶𝑙/95. 211 𝑔 𝑀𝑔𝐶𝑙2)/2. 40 𝐿
Final Answer : 𝑀 = 0. 2 𝑀 𝑀𝑔𝐶𝑙2

Conversion: Kg=mL=L
1.76kg (1000mL/1 kg)=1760mL
1760mL(1ml/ 1000 L)=1.76 L

b. Formula: 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒 = 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 * 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

Sol’n : 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒 = 1. 76 𝐿 (0. 2 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑀𝑔𝐶𝑙2/1𝐿 𝑆𝑜𝑙'𝑛)
−1
Final Answer : 3. 52𝑥10 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑀𝑔𝐶𝑙2 𝑜𝑟 0. 352 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑀𝑔𝐶𝑙2

c. Formula: 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒/𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

Sol’n : 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 0. 0150 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑀𝑔𝐶𝑙2 (1𝐿 𝑠𝑜𝑙'𝑛/0. 2)
2
Final Answer : 7. 5𝑥10 𝐿 𝑠𝑜𝑙'𝑛 𝑜𝑟 0. 075 𝐿 𝑠𝑜𝑙'𝑛

4) A glucose (C6H12O6) solution is prepared by adding 5.00 grams of glucose to enough water to make 200.0 ml of
solution. a) What is the %(w/v) of the solution? b) What volume (mL) of this solution would contain 0.0735
grams of glucose? c) How many grams of glucose would be present in 185 mL of this solution?

Conversion: mL=L
200.0mL (1 mL/1000L)= 0.2 L
Molar Mass: C6H12O6
180.16 g/mol

a. Formula:%(𝑤/𝑣) = 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒/𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 * 100

Sol’n: %(𝑤/𝑣) = 5. 00 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝐻61206/ 200𝑚𝐿 * 100
Final Answer : 0. 025 𝑜𝑟 2. 5% (𝑤/𝑣)

b. Formula: 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 𝑔 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒/𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

Sol’n : 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 0. 0735 𝑔 𝑔𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒(100 𝑚𝐿 𝑆𝑜𝑙'𝑛/2. 5)
Final Answer : 2. 94 𝑚𝐿 𝑆𝑜𝑙'𝑛

c. Formula: 𝑔 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒 = 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 * 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

Sol’n : 𝑔 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒 = 185 𝑚𝐿 𝑆𝑜𝑙'𝑛 (2. 50 𝑔 𝑔𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒/100 𝑚𝐿 𝑆𝑜𝑙'𝑛)
 Final Answer : 4. 63 𝑔 𝑔𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒

5) Fill in the blanks

Solute Moles of Solute Grams of Solute Volume of Solution Concentration

NaCl 3.00 moles 175 g 0.500 L 6.00 M

NaCl 0.23 moles 13.5 g 0.150 L 1.54 M

NaCl 0.375 moles 21.9 g 0.38 1.00 M

NaCl 0.001 moles 0.059 g 0.003 L 0.30 M

KN03 1.75 moles 159 g 2.04 L 0.770 M

KN03 0.019 moles 1.98 g 0.009 L 2.00 M

KN03 0.057 moles 5.73 g 0.288 L 0.197 M