What volume of water must I evaporate from 10.00 L of a 0.135 mol/kg solution of potassium chloride to get a 0.450 mol/kg solution?
1 Answer
You would have to evaporate 2.21 L of water.
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1. Calculate the volume of water in the 0.350 mol/kg solution.
We need to know the density of the 0.350 mol/kg solution. I will assume that the density is 1.017 g/mL.
Mass of solution = 10 000 mL soln ×
0.350 mol KCl ×
∴ A 0.350 mol/kg solution of KCl contains 26.1 g KCl in 1000 g H₂O or 26.1 g KCl in 1026.1 g solution.
Mass of KCl = 10 170 g solution ×
Mass of water = 10170 g soln – 259 g KCl = 9910 g water
If the temperature of the water is 20 °C, its density is 0.9982 g/mL.
Volume of water = 9910 g ×
2. Calculate the mass of water in the 0.450 mol/kg solution.
You still have 259 g of KCl in the solution.
259 g KCl ×
To make a 0.450 mol/kg solution, you will need
3.47 mol KCl ×
Volume of water = 7710 g H₂O ×
3. Calculate the volume of water to evaporate
Volume = 9930 mL – 7720 mL = 2210 mL = 2.21 L
You will have to evaporate 2.21 L of water.
If your instructor gave different densities for the solutions, you will have to recalculate.