Moles, concentrations, and dilutions: making sense of chemical numbers

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. The molar mass of carbon is 12 g mol-1. How many moles are there in 3g of carbon?

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. The concentration of a solution is expressed as the number of moles in which of the following volumes?

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. 25 mL is equivalent to how many litres (L)?

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. How many moles of HCl are there in 10 mL of a solution with a concentration of 0.5 mol L-1?

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. What is the concentration of a 500 mL solution containing 0.3 mol of glucose?

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. What mass of glucose would you need (in g) to have 0.8 mol, given that the molar mass of glucose is 180 g mol-1?

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. The wavelength of electromagnetic radiation is represented by which of the following symbols?

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. The distance travelled by light as it passes through a cuvette is called which of the following?

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. The absorbance of a sample as measured by UV-visible spectrometry is inversely proportional to the concentration of the sample, such that, as the concentration increases, the absorbance decreases. True or false?

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. How much water must we add to a 10 mL sample of HCl with a concentration of 0.5 mol L-1 to bring about a ten-fold dilution?

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. The molar mass of an element is equal to which of the following?

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. If we begin with 8 mL of a glucose solution with a concentration of 0.25 mol L-1 and dilute it to a volume of 0.5 L, what is the concentration of the final, diluted solution?

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. What mass of agar would we need in order to produce 500 mL of a 2.5% w/v solution?

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. When carrying out a 10-fold serial dilution, starting with a solution of concentration 5 mol L-1, what would be the concentration of the solution after the third dilution step?

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. A titration reaction yields a colour change when 10.2 mL of a 0.5 M solution of nitric acid, HNO3, is added to 20 mL of potassium hydroxide, KOH. What is the concentration of the potassium hydroxide solution? HNO3 and KOH react as follows:
HNO3 + KOH → KNO3 + H2O

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