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How do you prepare a 6 M NaOH solution?

Andy Heilveil  Follow

6M NaOH solution means 1 litre (which is [math]1 : dm^3[/math]) of water contains 6 mol of NaOH.

6 mol of NaOH means roughly around 240g of NaOH, so you need to dissolve 240g of NaOH to a liter a water to make a 6M solution.

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Darrene Barthelot  Follow

Do you mean 2 Molar? (2M) that would be 2 moles of NaOH per liter of water. Na 23, O 16, H1= 40 grams: 1 mole (one gram molecular weight). Double that per liter= VERY STRONG sodium hydroxide solution that could hurt you.

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Andrew Wrigley  Follow

by mass??

5% D = 1.053 g/mL

50.5 % D = 1.53 g/mL

from concentrated solution???

0.505 x 1.53 V1 = 0.05 x 1.053 x 3mL

V1 = 0.2 mL

take the volume from the concentrated solution and dilute it carfully till 3 mL.

%m/v:::::?????

5 g ——100 mL

X————-3 mL

X = 0.15 g

take 0,15 pure NaOH and mix it carefully with wáter till a volume of 3 mL.

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David Bangley  Follow

6M NaOH solution is made by dissolving 6 mols of NaOH in 1 liter of H2O. NaOH has a molar mass of 39.9997 g/mol so for a 6M solution, we need 240 g NaOH (39.997 x 6) in 1L of H2O. This is an exothermic reaction so use caution.

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Caleb Rose  Follow

From stock solution???

from NaOH pure??

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A) from solid NaOH

VM = # mol

0.2 x 0.5 = 0.1 mol NaOH

0.1 mol x 40g/mol = 4 g NaOH

take 4 gram and mix carefully with water till final volume of 500 mL

B) from concentrated solution 40%m/m = 14.3 mol/L

V1M1 = V2M2

14.3 V1 = 0.2 x 0.5

V1 = 7 mL

take 7 mL from the stock solution and dilute till final volume 500 mL(carefully)

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Michael Roberts  Follow

Here, 1M= 40g NaOH

so 6M= 40 *6=240g NaOH

So,to produce 6M NaOH, you have to take 240g NaOH in a measuring cylinder and add distilled water up to 1 L. The final volume will be 1L.

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Deevan Dilpat Rai  Follow

Hi there,

Recall the formula for Molarity of a Solution, M = #mols/Volume.

Move things around a bit and see that #mols = M * Volume.

The number of moles of NaOH never changes throughout the dilution, and so we can say that M1V1 = M2V2, where 1 denotes initial and 2 denotes final.

Plug in everything:

(5M)(V1) = (1M)(100mL)

V1 = ((1M)(100mL))/(5M)

V1 = 20 mL of your initial 5M stock solution.

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Bobby Tatro  Follow

See its very simple,

U need to use M1 * V1 = M2 * V2

M1 is the Molarity before dilution (Here 5.5 M)

V1, IS the volume before dilution (Here we need to find that out)

M2 is the Molarity after dilution (Here 1.5 M)

V2 is the volume after dilution (Here 400 mL)

So finally

5.5 * V1 = 1.5 * 400 ml

V1 = 109.09 ML

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