ASSIGNMENT

Course Code: PGS 504

Q.1. A solution contains 15g of CaCl2 in a total volume of 190ml. Express the concentration of this
solution in terms of
a) g/litre b)%w/v c) mg% d)M e) Osmolarity.
Q.2. A solution was prepared by dissolving 8.0g of solid ammonium sulphate (MW=132.14,
Specific Volume=0.565ml/g) in 35ml (i.e. 35 g) of water.
a) What is the final volume of the solution?
Express the concentration of ammonium sulphate in terms of-
b) % w/w c)%w/v d) m e) M f) Osmolarity
Q.3. What is the Molarity of pure ethanol/how many moles are present in 1 litre of pure
ethanol? The density of Ethanol is 0.789g/ml. The MW of ethanol is 46.07.
Q.4. Calculate the pH, pOH and the number of H+ and OH- ions per litre in each of the following
solutions-
a) 0.01M HCl b) 0.002M HNO3
Q.5. What is the pH of a 10-8 M solution of HCl.
Q.6. How many millilitres of 0.025 M H2SO4 are required to neutralize exactly 525ml of 0.06 M
KOH? What is the pH of the ‘neutralised’ solution?
Q.7. Concentrated HCl is 37.5% HCl by weight and has a density of 1.19. Describe the
preparation of 500ml of 0.2M HCl.

Key:

Q.1. a) 78.95g/ltr b) 7.895%w/v c)7895mg% d)0.711 M

e) 2.134 osmolar
Q.2. a)39.52ml b) 18.6%w/w c) 20.24%w/v d)1.73m
e)1.53M f) 4.59 osmolar
Q.3. 17.15 M

Q.4.

pH pOH H+ ions per OH- ions per litre

litre

0.01M HCl 2 12 6.023X1021 6.023X1011

0.002M HNO3 2.69 11.301 2X10-3 5X10-12

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Q.5. pH=6.959
Q.6. Acid required= 630 ml and pH=7
Q.7. 8.2ml of Conc HCl/500 ml of solution.