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Marco Pereira

How would you make a 200mL solution of a 2:3 HCl solution?

Beheruz N Sethna  Follow

Quite simple :

Take a 150 cm³ volumetric flask ( Question : Is there such a piece of glassware? I doubt it - so take a measuring cylinder with capacity = 250 cm³ . )

Fill this with distilled water to approx 100 cm³ .

Now use a 10cm³ graduated pipette to measure out 9 cm³ of the concentrated acid ( CAREFUL!! - use proper suction equipment - not your mouth )

Add the 9 cm³ HCl to the 100 cm³ in the measuring cylinder .

Add further distilled water to final volume = 150 cm³ . Mix thoroughly with a glass stirring rod .

Note - In chemistry we do not produce analytical solutions of a certain total volume , by mixing two ( or more) intermediate volumes . In this case do not answer: Mix 9 cm³ of HCl with 141 cm³ distilled water

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Angela Aldas  Follow

concentration of the acid???

this is a ratio mixing problemproblem

2/3 solution

2/5 = 40%

3/5 = 60%

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200 x 0.4 = 80 mL HCl

300 x 0.6 = 120 mL H2O

mix these volumes.

(acid to water)

we do not know the concentration of the acid

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