Numerical: How will you prepare a 0.75% Na2CO3 solution?

Chemistry Solutions Percent Concentration

1 Answer

Stefan V.
Jul 10, 2015
Here's a way you could do this.
Explanation:
The first thing you need to do is pick a volume for the target solution.
To make the calculations easier, I'll show you how to prepare a 0.75% w/v solution that has a
total volume of 100 mL.
A solution's mass by volume percent concentration is defined as the mass of the solute, in your
case sodium carbonate, divided by the total volume of the solution, and multiplied by 100.
%w/v=msoluteVsol⋅100
You can isolate the mass of the solute to get
msolute=%w/v⋅Vsol100
Since you want your target solution to have a volume of 100 mL and a mass by volume percent
concentration of 0.75%, the mass of solute that would be needed is
mNa2CO3=0.75gmL⋅100mL100=0.75 g
So, if you dissolve 0.75 g of sodium carbonate in enough water to make the total volume of the
solution equal to 100 mL, you'll get a 0.75% w/v solution.
You can use this approach for any volume you may need the target solution to have.