Calculate the volume of 0.250 M solution made by dissolving 5.56 g of solid magnesium chloride in water. Can someone help me solve this problem ?

1 Answer
Apr 23, 2018

#"233.6 mL"#

Explanation:

Molar mass of #"MgCl"_2 = "95.2 g/mol"#

Moles of #"5.56 g"# of #"MgCl"_2 = "5.56 g"/"95.2 g/mol" = "0.0584 mol"#

#"Molarity" = "Moles of solute"/"Volume of solution (in litres)"#

#"0.250 M" = "0.0584 mol"/"V"#

#"V" = (0.0584)/(0.250)\ "L = 0.2336 L = 233.6 mL"#