AP Chemistry : Solutions and States of Matter

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for AP Chemistry

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Example Questions

Example Question #21 : Solutions

A chemist wants to turn a 50.0mL solution of  into a  solution. How much water should she add?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this problem, we may use the following equation relating the molarity and volume of two solutions:

Recall:

Plug in known values and solve.

However, this is not the final answer. The whole volume of the second, 0.4M solution is 85mL. Thus the chemist needs to add 25mL of water to the original solution to obtain the desired concentration.

Example Question #22 : Solutions

In order to dilute a 1mL solution that is 0.01M so that the solution is diluted to , how many milliliters does this solution need to be diluted to?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the dilution formula:

Rearranging this equation gives:

Plugging in the values gives:

Example Question #31 : Solutions

What concentration would you have prepared if you diluted 30mL of a 0.350M salt solution to 50mL?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the dilution formula:

Rearranging this equation gives:

Plugging in the values gives:

Therefore, after diluting the solution to 50mL, the solution concentration would be lowered from 0.35M to 0.21M.

Example Question #32 : Solutions

How many moles are in a 0.010L solution with a concentration that is ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

By using the concentration as a conversion factor, the number of moles can calculated by multiplying the concentration by the number of liters.

Therefore, there are  in  of a  solution.

Example Question #33 : Solutions

In order to prepare a needed solution for an experiment, 0.082 grams of  was dissolved in water to give a 35mL solution. What is the molarity of this solution?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to calculate the concentration, we must use molarity formula:

We must use the molecular weight of sodium chloride to calculate the moles of solute:

Therefore, the concentration in molarity of this solution is 0.040M.

Example Question #34 : Solutions

How many moles are in 1000mL solution with a concentration that is ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

By simply using the concentration as a conversion factor, the number of moles can be calculated by multiplying the concentration by the number of liters. Before calculating the number of moles, the number of milliliters must be converted to liters using the fact that .

Therefore, there are  in  of a  solution.

Example Question #1 : Precipitates And Calculations

A chemist combines 300 mL of a 0.3 M Na_2SO_4 solution with 200 mL of 0.4 M BaCl_2 solution. How many grams of precipitate form?

Possible Answers:

No precipitate is formed

Correct answer:

Explanation:

First, let us write out an ion exchance reaction for the reactants:

Na_2SO_{4\hspace{1 mm}(aq)}+BaCl_{2\hspace{1 mm}(aq)}\rightarrow 2NaCl\hspace{1 mm}+BaSO_4

By solubility rules, NaCl is soluble in water and BaSO_4 is not. Our new reaction is:

Na_2SO_{4\hspace{1 mm}(aq)}+BaCl_{2\hspace{1 mm}(aq)}\rightarrow 2NaCl_{(aq)}\hspace{1 mm}+BaSO_{4\hspace{1 mm}(s)}

Now we will calculate the theoretical yield of each reactant.

300\hspace{1 mm}mL\times\frac{1 L}{1000 mL}\times \frac{0.3\hspace{1 mm}moles\hspace{1 mm}Na_2SO_4}{1 L}\times\frac{1\hspace{1 mm}mole\hspace{1 mm}BaSO_4}{1\hspace{1 mm}mole\hspace{1 mm}Na_2SO_4}\times \frac{233.4\hspace{1 mm}g\hspace{1 mm}BaSO_4}{1\hspace{1 mm}mole\hspace{1 mm}BaSO_4}=21.0\hspace{1 mm}g\hspace{1 mm}BaSO_4

Now we perform the same calculation beginning with BaCl_2:

200\hspace{1 mm}mL\times\frac{1\hspace{1 mm}L}{1000\hspace{1 mm}mL}\times\frac{0.4\hspace{1 mm}moles\hspace{1 mm}BaCl_2}{1\hspace{1 mm}L}\times\frac{1\hspace{1 mm}mole\hspace{1 mm}BaSO_4}{1\hspace{1 mm}mole\hspace{1 mm}BaCl_2}\times\frac{233.4\hspace{1 mm}g\hspace{1 mm}BaSO_4}{1\hspace{1 mm}mole\hspace{1 mm}BaSO_4}=18.7\hspace{1 mm}g\hspace{1 mm}BaSO_4

The limiting reagent is BaCl_2 and this reaction produces 18.7 g precipitate.

Example Question #1 : Precipitates And Calculations

A chemist boils off the water from 234 mL of a 0.4 M solution of KCl. What is the mass of the remaining solid?

Possible Answers:

74.55\hspace{1 mm}g\hspace{1 mm}KCl

6.98\hspace{1 mm}g\hspace{1 mm}KCl

29.82\hspace{1 mm}g\hspace{1 mm}KCl

None of the available answers

234\hspace{1 mm}g\hspace{1 mm}KCl

Correct answer:

6.98\hspace{1 mm}g\hspace{1 mm}KCl

Explanation:

234\hspace{1 mm}mL\times\frac{1\hspace{1 mm}L}{1000\hspace{1 mm}mL}\times\frac{0.4\hspace{1 mm}moles\hspace{1 mm}KCl}{1\hspace{1 mm}L}\times\frac{74.55\hspace{1 mm}g\hspace{1 mm}KCl}{1\hspace{1 mm}mole\hspace{1 mm}KCl}=6.98\hspace{1 mm}g\hspace{1 mm}KCl

Example Question #3 : Precipitates And Calculations

A chemist boils off 344 mL of a 0.35 M solution of sodium hydroxide. How much solid remains?

Possible Answers:

No solid will remain as it will boil off with the water

None of the available answers

Correct answer:

Explanation:

First, you must recognize that the chemical formula for sodium hydroxide is . The mass of the boiled solution is

Example Question #4 : Precipitates And Calculations

What is the mass of the solid left over after boiling off 100mL of 0.4M NaCl solution?

Possible Answers:

None of the available answers

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The remaining mass with be equal to the mass of the sodium chloride in the solution. Once the solvent (water) evaporates, the solute will remain.

Atomic mass of sodium is ~23. Atomic mass of chlorine is ~35.5. Molecular mass of NaCl is ~58.5.

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