What is the molarity of a solution containing 78.6 g of mgcl2 dissolved in 1.00 l of solution?
Molar mass MgCl2 = 95.211 g/mol
number of moles:
1 mole ---------- 95.211 g
? moles --------- 78.6 g
78.6 x 1 / 95.211 => 0.8255 moles
Therefore:
M = n / V
M = 0.8255 / 1.00
M = 0.8255 mol/L
Answer: Molarity of the solution is 0.83 M
Explanation:
Molarity of a solution is defined as the number of moles of solute dissolved per Liter of the solution.
\(Molarity=\frac{n}{V_s}\)
where,
n= moles of solute
\(Moles=\frac{\text{Given mass}}{\text{Molar mass}}=\frac{78.6g}{95g/mol}=0.83mole\)
\(V_s\) = volume of solution in L
\(Molarity=\frac{0.83moles}{1L}=0.83M\)
Thus the molarity of the solution is 0.83 M